Tag: PBS
PBS leaders open busy TechCon in Vegas
PBS expanded the TechCon agenda beyond traditional engineering this year to include tracks on content and engagement, development, marketing and digital infrastructure.Among Steve Bannon’s filmmaking oeuvre, two documentaries sought a public TV audience
Now in a White House aiming to defund public broadcasting, Bannon was an executive producer of films produced by former CPB exec ...PBS Board approves national promotion of Passport premium
The board also approved a $323.9 million budget proposal for FY18 with no member dues increase.PBS ‘opened a door’ to other projects with ‘Mercy Street,’ chief programmer says
PBS’s Beth Hoppe said her team is eyeing other American dramas.Pubcasters maintain opposition to looser third-party fundraising rules as FCC leadership changes
A long-pending proposal would allow noncommercial stations to devote up to 1 percent of their annual air time to raising funds for ...Funding woes prompt PBS to kill off ‘Mercy Street’
The program set in a Civil War hospital was PBS’s first original drama since 2004.Farewell, tote bags: PBS Passport draws younger donors as membership reward
More than a year after its debut, PBS and stations are reaping rewards of the on-demand offering and planning for its future.Documentary filmmaker Fred Simon dies at 71
Simon’s films included an unflinching, deeply intimate portrait of a Vietnam veteran, broadcast on PBS in 1981.PBS-commissioned survey finds 73 percent of voters oppose eliminating federal funding for public TV
Support for funding spanned all regions of the country, with most respondents citing public TV’s educational mission as its most important value.Biopic of John Lewis to debut in PBS Black History Month lineup
PBS decided to schedule Kathleen Dowdey's documentary days before the congressman's fiery exchange with then President-elect Trump.PBS will help stations convert social media followers to donors during March pledge
Stations will work with Goodworld.me, a platform that streamlines the process of making donations via Facebook and Twitter.New training will help digital staffers polish their skills
The Digital Immersion Project will provide training, workshops and mentorships.Press tour brings questions about federal funding, panel on ‘Vietnam’ soundtrack
PBS President Paula Kerger assures critics that stations are communicating with members of Congress about the importance of CPB funding.Charney takes lead at NPR One, McNamara leaves PBS and other comings and goings
Tamar Charney joined NPR early last year to focus on the mobile app’s use of station content.NPR changes up its political and national teams, PBS hires a v.p. and other comings ...
NPR also has a new voice for funding credits, Chioke I’Anson.
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