Tag: Television programs
Programmers’ APT Marketplace choices include Aussie romantic drama and MST3K
Popular programs included A Place to Call Home, a 13-part series set in 1953 in rough and rural Australia — sort of an updated ...Filmmakers push for common carriage at first stop in public TV ‘listening tour’
The discussion was friendly, but emotions ran high as filmmakers and public TV executives examined their often stormy relationship.Pipeline addendum: more public TV productions in the works for 2015
This list supplements Current’s Pipeline 2015, published in November 2014 and based on responses to our annual survey of public TV producers. Programs ...Storify: PBS, indie filmmakers hold first “listening tour” event in San Francisco
Tweets from the Jan. 17 meeting at the San Francisco Public Library.Slate of upcoming PBS shows includes specials on Vietnam War, American music
Masterpiece's "Poldark," which premieres in June, might also enjoy additional seasons on the network.PBS joins BBC, BBC Worldwide in co-production deal
PBS President Paula Kerger announced the deal Monday at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif.History Detectives can’t solve its own mysterious lack of underwriters, ends production
The program, produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting with partner Lion TV, had dwindled from 11 episodes per summer run to just four ...PBS taps ‘serious journalist’ to elevate public affairs as v.p. of news
Marie Nelson arrives at PBS a time of transition and challenges.New York’s WNET delays plans to move documentary showcases out of primetime
New York’s WNET is reversing its decision — at least temporarily — to shift independent documentaries from primetime on its main channel ...The most noteworthy pubmedia news of 2014
We asked our reporters to reflect on a year's worth of trends, events and change in public media. Here's what stuck with ...New York’s WNET to pull documentary showcases from Monday nights on main channel
The station later delayed its plans.Political news from Michigan’s WKAR goes mobile with new app
WKAR-TV in East Lansing, Mich., will make content from a weekly state politics and public affairs show available via a mobile app ...APT’s Create and World gain carriage, audience
Vme is not the only public TV multicast channel that’s gaining traction with viewers. Create and World, channels featuring how-to shows and ...Vme plants flag for ‘quality’ Spanish-language TV
The Spanish-language multichannel for public TV is in the midst of a revamp that includes station outreach, such as chef Hamlet Garcia's ...Public media efforts get backing from latest NEA grants
Seven organizations associated with public media are among 1,116 grantees announced Tuesday by the National Endowment for the Arts for funding that ...
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