Tag: PBS
PBSd venture and MHz project aim to export public television
Television viewers in Great Britain, the Middle East, Russia and India could soon be watching American public TV shows, if two initiatives ...Puerto Rico’s WIPR: adiós to PBS
The latest station to leave PBS is a production powerhouse, but one not fully integrated into the nation’s English-dominated public TV system. Puerto ...PBS dropping 21 staff positions, including veteran screeners
Thirteen current staff positions and eight vacant positions are being eliminated at PBS headquarters in Arlington, Va., and six “new or restructured” ...Puerto Rican station drops PBS shows
Puerto Rico’s government-controlled WIPR dropped its PBS membership on July 1 — the fourth member station to quit this year. Puerto Rico TV, ...Arts try out for PBS slot on Fridays
With a nod to mission — and a bid for more major donors — PBS is spotlighting the arts for nine weeks ...PBS Editorial Standards and Policies as of June 2011
The Public Broadcasting Service (“PBS”) is committed to serving the public interest by providing content of the highest quality that enriches the ...Cyberpirates to PBS: watch where you sail
Software vulnerabilities, including an outdated operating system used by PBS.org, allowed the pirate band of hackers LulzSec to sail deep into the ...Flow plan would push spots deeper into PBS hours
The traditional pledge-drive mantra brags about a piece of public television’s ancestral DNA: “PBS — your home for quality, uninterrupted programming.” So the ...Making the most of what PBS can do
PBS’s budget for next year reflects a harsh reality: Revenues from member stations are flat for a third straight year, and scant ...Launch postponed for PBSnews.org
PBS has postponed the rollout of an online news aggregation site called PBSnews.org that it had planned to start in January or ...With projects on hold, PBS hunts spendable cash, tweaks primetime schedule
Don’t tell the county fire marshal, but the president of PBS keeps working while her staff evacuates the building in deference to ...Lehrer hands off anchor role to reporting team
Jim Lehrer, who has reported the news of the day for more than 50 years, became part of it May 12 when ...With WMFE out, there’s a hole in PBS map
WMFE’s sale of its TV station in Orlando, Fla., leaves two smaller public stations reluctant to assume the role of big kid ...Consultants, groups aim to fill voids as PBS Development shifts focus
“We must work differently” in an era of flat membership dues and other funding constraints, said Joyce Herring, PBS’s senior v.p. of ...KCET’s split from PBS leaves uncertainty for both
It’s official: KCET, one of the biggest siblings in the PBS family, is leaving home for good. Although station President Al Jerome ...
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