Tag: PBS
At Hot Docs, filmmakers make pitches and face brutal feedback
At the Circus Maximus of the nonfiction film world, a nod from a commissioning editor can mean financial life or death.Next year’s PBS budget proposes live-streaming experiments
The tests would involve both over-the-top and mobile platforms.PBS-BBC nonfiction deal embarks with focus on nature, science
More films for Nature are among the offerings.The Pub #15: Did Skip Gates cave to Ben Affleck?; CBC releases Ghomeshi investigation; Why local radio ...
Did one of public TV’s most revered figures really cede editorial control to a celebrity? It certainly looks that way to PBS ...WNET keeps indie docs on Monday nights, while PBS plans to boost promotion
PBS will also reach out directly to public TV stations that don’t air independent film showcases at feed time.Gates apologizes to production partners over Finding Your Roots controversy
“We apologize for putting PBS and its member stations in the position of having to defend the integrity of their programming,” said ...Affleck admits asking Gates to omit family’s slave-owning past from Finding Your Roots
Affleck characterized his request to Henry Louis Gates, the show’s host, as part of the “collaborative creative process.”Hacked emails imply possible Finding Your Roots censorship by Gates
No mention was made of Ben Affleck's family’s slave-owning past when his segment aired in October.CPB’s Curren to retire, Reveal expands, and more comings and goings in public media
Curren has been CPB’s c.o.o. since 2006.Weekly roundup: Norman Lear vs. PBS, funding strategies and more
Plus a video to give you vertigo.The Pub #13: WNET stands by documentary rescheduling; why public media unions are spreading
WNET and PBS officials recently concluded a “listening tour” to hear the concerns of documentarians. Did it change their outlook?How Ric Burns stepped out of his comfort zone and into Ballet Theatre
With a new American Masters documentary in the wings, the filmmaker says he prefers to let his projects find him.For doc funders, broadcast on public TV remains key
Foundation funders have plenty at stake in PBS’s pending decisions about scheduling and promoting independent films.Weekly roundup: Serial, Sound Medicine and community radio
Plus a marriage proposal delivered by pledge drive.Friday roundup: Jarl Mohn, James Baker and an NPR gap in the Caribbean
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