Tag: PBS
Lubinsky’s pledge shows may mine nostalgia, but the ‘content connects’
As the creator, producer and host of specials that are virtually synonymous with public TV pledge drives, Lubinsky is among public TV’s ...Rolling back transactional pledge requires focus on off-air strategies
The specialized genre of pledge-drive programming has become a mixed blessing for public television.‘America After Charleston’ shapes model for next-generation town hall
The televised town hall about race that aired Sept. 21 boasted a social media and digital campaign that was one of PBS’s ...CPB, TPT receive Ready To Learn grants as budget fight looms
The Department of Education awarded $25.5 million in grants in the latest round of RTL funding.‘Nova’ streams documentary revealing major scientific discovery
In a first for PBS, an entire Nova episode is premiering online Thursday to coincide with an important scientific announcement.Detroit Public TV expands niche programming with National Book Festival coverage
Book View Now will provide live coverage of the event in Washington, D.C., this weekend.Sesame Workshop–HBO deal sparks soul-searching among public broadcasters
“It seems to me there is something depressing about all this,” lamented PBS’s ombudsman.‘The Pub’ #32: The future of children’s public television
Thoughts on the Sesame Street news, and an encore interview with PBS Vice President for Children’s Programming Linda Simensky.PBS hires Shane Guiter as development v.p.
Guiter was previously c.o.o. at KCPT.Makers, subjects of PBS’s indie docs bring diversity to public TV, study finds
The study’s authors argued that films such as God Loves Uganda are central to public TV’s mission.‘The Pub’ #30: Mike Pesca on life after NPR
“I loved NPR, I still do. I kind of love it for its flaws, as well.”PBS appeals to indie filmmakers with bigger marketing budget, multiplatform strategy
An arts festival will promote a documentary about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, among other films.Kerger on end of ‘Downton’: “Great television begets great television”
”We really have an abundance of programs that have been pitched to us.“PBS announces upcoming departure of programming executive Donald Thoms
Thoms has concentrated mainly on arts and drama programs, overseeing projects such as the PBS Arts Fall Festival.The last days of ‘Soul!’: Why a trailblazing show about black issues couldn’t last
An excerpt from a new book looks at the shifts in funding that doomed the documenting of an era.
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