Programs/Content
PBS appeals to indie filmmakers with bigger marketing budget, multiplatform strategy
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An arts festival will promote a documentary about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, among other films.
Documentaries
At Hot Docs, filmmakers make pitches and face brutal feedback
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At the Circus Maximus of the nonfiction film world, a nod from a commissioning editor can mean financial life or death.
Programs/Content
WNET keeps indie docs on Monday nights, while PBS plans to boost promotion
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PBS will also reach out directly to public TV stations that don’t air independent film showcases at feed time.
Quick Takes
Weekly roundup: Norman Lear vs. PBS, funding strategies and more
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Plus a video to give you vertigo.
"The Pub" Podcast
The Pub #13: WNET stands by documentary rescheduling; why public media unions are spreading
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WNET and PBS officials recently concluded a “listening tour” to hear the concerns of documentarians. Did it change their outlook?
Documentaries
For doc funders, broadcast on public TV remains key
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Foundation funders have plenty at stake in PBS’s pending decisions about scheduling and promoting independent films.
Documentaries
Final listening tour event taps filmmakers for ideas
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Representatives from PBS spurred discussion about promotion, distribution and scheduling of independent films on public TV.
Television programs
Listening tour about documentaries on PBS brings debate to WNET’s hometown
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Any benefits from the town-hall-style “listening tour” that stopped here Monday courtesy of PBS and several other public media organizations were strictly therapeutic.
Television programs
WNET’s move to bolster viewing starts row over public TV’s mission
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A dustup between independent filmmakers and the New York City station has co-opted a national “listening tour.”