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A Virginia broadcaster might swap some of its UHF TV channels for VHF during the FCC’s incentive auction and wants a bigger payout than currently proposed.
A dustup between independent filmmakers and the New York City station has co-opted a national “listening tour.”
This week, we contemplate how much children’s public television has changed since Fred Rogers’ day, and the news isn’t all bad — far from it, in fact.
The CPB funds, which are approved two years before being paid out, not only stay at the current level but would include annual increases of roughly 2.2 percent through 2025.
A tattoo expert argues that media outlets should pay sources for their time and knowledge. This week on our podcast, The Pub.
The discussion was friendly, but emotions ran high as filmmakers and public TV executives examined their often stormy relationship.
Tweets from the Jan. 17 meeting at the San Francisco Public Library.
Masterpiece‘s “Poldark,” which premieres in June, might also enjoy additional seasons on the network.
PBS President Paula Kerger announced the deal Monday at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif.
Barzilay replaces Michael Jones, c.o.o. since 2009, who stepped aside into an executive advisory role in September 2014.
Marie Nelson arrives at PBS a time of transition and challenges.
New York’s WNET is reversing its decision — at least temporarily — to shift independent documentaries from primetime on its main channel to the secondary WLIW on Long Island, which reaches a far smaller audience.
We asked our reporters to reflect on a year’s worth of trends, events and change in public media. Here’s what stuck with us.
The station later delayed its plans.
Plus: Jacobs talks radio trends, and Wolf Hall keeps the codpieces small.
Plus: MoJo‘s nonprofit mojo, and Judy Woodruff’s biscuits.
In February, Kinsey Wilson will move into a newly created position at the Times, editor for innovation and strategy.
John McKinley, an early employee of PBS who went on to produce a TV version of Mountain Stage, died of congestive heart failure Nov. 3 in Washington, D.C. He was 66. PBS hired McKinley in 1973, just three years after its launch. Public TV development consultant Michael Soper, who worked with him there, recalls an iconoclast with a biting sense of humor. “When I first met John upon arriving at PBS in 1978, I thought he was nuts,” Soper said.
The coverage from the Miami Book Fair International will stream live on PBS.org, member station websites and WorldChannel.org.
PBS has set the lineup for an upcoming fundraising test that will use a full week’s schedule of first-run National Program Service shows. Seventeen stations will take part in the experiment, running Nov. 28 through Dec. 5. PBS is trying to determine whether using core series, rather than pledge specials that veer from the regular lineup, will lead to a more stable member and donor base and perhaps even prompt more major gifts.