Tag: PBS
PBS taps BBC’s Midwife to boost Sunday viewership
PBS’s yearlong effort to build more audience flow in its primetime schedule moves into new territory with the Sept. 30 U.S. broadcast ...At last, PBS’s new distribution system nears completion
In August 2005, PBS's $120 million Next Generation Interconnection System was hailed as a major advance for the public broadcasting system. Its ...Hinojosa explores civic life in town where multiculturalism is the norm
America By The Numbers, a PBS election special produced by Maria Hinojosa, looks at the demographic shifts found in U.S. Census data, focusing on ...Ifill made “big mistake” in defending fired journalist, says PBS’s ombud
In his latest column, PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler considers a recent flap involving PBS NewsHour correspondent Gwen Ifill, who on Wednesday tweeted in support ...NewsHour gives party conventions 18 hours, assigns female anchor team
With the NewsHour's Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff stepping into co-anchor roles for PBS’s coverage of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, producers ...WGBH taps into Olympic spirit with new online doc project
An online-only documentary project from WGBH is channeling the Olympic spirit toward a major sporting event that receives scant media coverage yet ...Aronson promoted at Frontline, NPR Board elections, Lapin joins Current, and more…
The promotion, announced during the Television Critics Association Press Tour last month, was widely reported as an indication that Aronson will succeed ...WGBH, the top producer of PBS programs, now owns Public Radio International
In a move signalling its ambitions to extend its clout and influence in public radio, Boston’s WGBH has acquired Public Radio International, ...Noncom groups file comments on FCC’s third-party fundraising proposal
NPR, PBS and the Association of Public Television Stations are among broadcast organizations weighing in with the FCC on its April proposal ...PBS chief endorses ouster of Market Warriors host Fred Willard
LOS ANGELES — It’s unlikely that PBS will reinstate Fred Willard as announcer of Market Warriors, its new antiquing reality show, if Los Angeles ...PBS discount plan a ‘no-brainer’ for WLVT
The public TV station serving eastern Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley recently decided that the best way to survive as an independent station was ...PBS, six stations testing donation requests on COVE
PBS and six stations are testing approaches for soliciting donations through COVE, PBS’s local-national video platform, according to PBS. Five 15-second pre-roll ads ...WMFE-TV sells for $3.3 million to University of Central Florida
WMFE-TV in Orlando, Fla., the former PBS flagship that had been set for sale to religious broadcasters, has a new buyer. The ...Independent KCET savors big ambitions, makes slow progress
Halfway through its three-year transition from one of PBS’ leading outlets to an independent public TV station in the world capital of ...PubTV tests new approaches for fundraising with kids’ programs
Though public television stations have been reluctant to solicit pledges during their daytime PBS Kids block, some are testing new approaches for ...
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