Tag: PBS
As cume slips, duo aims to keep PBS ‘relevant’
For the past four years under PBS President Pat Mitchell, the network has had two chief program executives: at headquarters in Alexandria, ...Why public television?: Public TV’s mission statement, 2004
Public TV stations adopted this statement of mission at the PBS Members Meeting, Feb. 23, 2004. For more information. See also Current‘s coverage, ...PBS to develop proposal for public affairs channel
Backed by a $200,000 Knight Foundation grant, PBS will develop a proposal for a public affairs channel — working title, Public Square ...Worlds away from Rukeyser’s Wall Street
Wall Street Week with Fortune, the PBS series that reinvented itself last year after a messy split with original host Louis Rukeyser, is setting ...Network says PBS brand helps stations ‘be more’
Inconsistent branding strategies make it increasingly difficult for viewers to see the connections between PBS, the programs it distributes and the local ...Moyers a flash point in balance talks led by CPB
CPB has revived debate within public TV about balance and fairness in public affairs programs, citing specifically Bill Moyers’ dual roles of host and ...Friday nights, PBS has balance on its mind
PBS has initiated fast-track development of a new 10 p.m. public affairs series to supplement its two-hour Friday night block. The half-hour ...PBS loses biggest underwriter as it considers 30-second credits
ExxonMobil will stop underwriting Masterpiece Theatre after spring 2004, the oil company announced Dec. 13. It has spent more than $250 million on MT and ...Knocking God’s party: Moyers, PBS hear from angry conservatives
Bill Moyers came out swinging three days after the Nov. 5 midterm elections, and the target of his jabs—America’s right wing—came swinging ...‘What we try to do . . . is say something new’
“The best of American television can be traced to this one man,” said NovaExecutive Producer Paula Apsell, referring to her boss and the ...Twin ITVS goals: capturing diversity on videotape, getting it seen
Last year was a good year for the Independent Television Service. ITVS had weathered its first 10 years as a funder and ...Boxer KO’s naturalist in contest for May 14
Programmers at PBS and at a key group of stations put themselves on a collision course when they scheduled two different programs ...University of North Carolina Television Q&A on equity in CPB and PBS formulas
UNC-TV released this Q&A to explain its request for changes in the formulas for CPB grants and PBS dues that it took ...Families try homesteading for spring Frontier House
A diverse group of Americans placed in a remote and inhospitable locale must overcome physical challenges and psychological stress for a chance ...Securing the union, pumping up the volume, bowling in a league
From the opening moments of its 2001 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PBS drew on the city’s role in U.S. history and a ...
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