Tag: PBS
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 ...Multicasts tailored to local priorities
Bolstered by ratings data on their digital multicast channels and years of experience in managing them, public TV station programmers in many ...Fred Rogers goes viral with “Garden of Your Mind” video remix
An Auto-Tuned video of the late PBS icon Fred Rogers is going viral, with more than 700,000 views as of Friday (June 8) ...Needed: courage to shape digital video future
"Today I want to lay out a vision for how we can invent our future, a future where public television is serving ...GMs take up PBS plan to expand web video output
Three dozen general managers have coalesced around a proposal by PBS Interactive chief Jason Seiken to jump-start low-cost local video production at ...Treaty puts indie films in Monday slot
Independent Lens and POV, the PBS series at the center of a dispute about public TV’s commitment to independent film, are moving to Monday nights, ...Q&A: ‘Building on strengths’ key to PBS strategy
After stints in the cable world as producers and programmers, PBS execs Beth Hoppe and Donald Thoms returned to PBS last August ...Shows sate ‘appetite for a real-world experience’
Know something about antiques? Prove it,” screamed the ad seeking “pickers” for Market Warriors, the long-awaited companion series to PBS’s most popular primetime program, Antiques Roadshow. ...PBS proposes 2% dues increase, okays common-carriage extension
PBS is seeking a 2 percent increase in membership fees in its draft budget for fiscal 2013. Although still subject to review ...Independent producers’ open letter to PBS, March 2012
Independent producer Kartemquin Films posted this petition online to arrange more favorable scheduling than Thursday nights for the indie showcases POV and Independent Lens. See also <Current coverage. ...Suspects charged in connection with 2011 cyberattacks on PBS, other entities
Five suspects, considered among the “most sophisticated hackers in the world” by authorities, were arrested and charged Tuesday (March 6) in Manhattan ...
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