Tag: Television programs
PBS to test whether core series can bring in pledge dollars
PBS has set the lineup for an upcoming fundraising test that will use a full week’s schedule of first-run National Program Service ...APT offers MST3K episodes to public TV stations
SAN DIEGO — Mystery Science Theater 3000 could be headed for public television. It’s one of some 75 shows that public TV programmers are previewing at ...Masterpiece expands hours with “gushing pipeline” of classics, mysteries
Masterpiece will concentrate on bolstering its popular Classics and Mystery! strands with an boost in support from its main sponsor, Viking River Cruises. Executive Producer ...PBS weighs balance between free, premium access for launch of Plus
PBS is preparing for a pilot run of Membership Video on Demand, a premium service for station contributors, under the new name ...Faith in the Big House documents role of evangelical ministry in prisons
The Louisiana Public Broadcasting documentary focuses on five prisoners as their lives are changed by religious conversion.Current’s annual survey of productions in the works for public TV
More than 100 films are underway, soon to take viewers from sea to sky and everywhere in between.Jazz Ambassadors revisits time when Cold War diplomacy got hip
It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing — and a handy role in a Cold War propaganda campaign. In ...Director Stanley Nelson leads history trilogy with documentary on Black Panthers
The film will be the first in a three-part series about pivotal moments in African-American history.Downton popularity, Sprout sale contribute to $30.7 million budget surplus for PBS
PBS is once again enjoying a budget surplus, thanks in part to the continuing success of Masterpiece’s hit British costume drama Downton Abbey. PBS Chief ...Clash over Poirot rights caps growing tensions between PBS, Acorn
Acorn TV, the upstart streaming service specializing in British television, is still a tiny operation, with about 115,000 paid subscribers. Nonetheless, its ...MacArthur Foundation doles out $2 million in grants to documentary filmmakers
At least three filmmakers affiliated with public media will receive part of $2 million in grants for documentaries announced today by the ...Success in sharing arts content inspires new programming co-ops for public TV
Public TV stations are starting two new programming co-ops modeled after the Arts and Culture Major Market Group project, which gathers and ...Kantor brings wide-angle lens to PBS’s American Masters
The new e.p. wants to break old rules about who could or should be subjects of profiles.CDC requests 200 DVDs of Frontline doc to train workers fighting Ebola
For the second time this year, health professionals have requested copies of a Frontline documentary for training purposes.Public broadcasters fight limits on shooting in wilderness areas
The proposed rule change could hamper productions at public TV stations in Oregon and Idaho.
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