Tag: Television programs
OPB, Center for Investigative Reporting launch public TV version of Reveal
A new series from the nonprofit Center for Investigative Reporting brings extensive investigative journalism to public television in four hourlong episodes. In ...Michigan’s WKAR premieres four programs on television and radio
In the performance and reality program Forte, a camera crew embedded with students gives viewers an inside look as young musicians prepare for ...Tiny news team at Lakeland Public Television fills gap left by commercial TV
Station managers who worry they can’t afford to do news and public affairs have only to look at Lakeland Public Television in ...Kansas City’s KCPT picks up gauntlet to expand local news coverage
Three years ago, a delegation from Kansas City Public Television, including the board chair, trekked out to San Diego’s KPBS to evaluate ...Newsman Bill Moyers sets January 2015 as retirement date — really
Moyers, 80, has produced and anchored public-affairs programs and numerous specials on public television since 1971.Times Square’s unlicensed Elmos spell headaches for Sesame Workshop
Unruly street performers have prompted the children's TV producer to consider legal action and a city councilman to propose a new law.Two public TV networks decline to air POV documentary After Tiller
At least two public television networks opted not to air this week the POV documentary After Tiller, which profiles four late-term abortion providers and prompted a ...Sherlock adds three Emmys in primetime ceremony
Sherlock: His Last Vow, a BBC production that aired as part of WGBH’s Masterpiece, won three Primetime Emmys at the televised awards ceremony Monday. That brought ...Aereo takes another lump in search for legal legitimacy
Internet TV service Aereo’s bid to find a workable business model suffered another legal setback Thursday, with the U.S. Court of Appeals ...Chicago/Midwest Emmys find broadcast home on WYCC
This year’s Chicago/Midwest Emmy awards will be televised for the first time in 25 years by WYCC PBS Chicago. WYCC plans to cover ...Stations’ joint effort brings streaming BBC shows to websites
A joint effort among PBS and five member stations has created a more efficient way for stations to offer online streams of ...Despite ongoing conflict, Steves strives for careful balance in Middle East travelogue
Even the centuries-old disputes between Israelis and Palestinians can’t keep travel host Rick Steves from his mission: to help people around the ...KCSM-TV discontinues MHz programming, citing FCC regulations
KCSM-TV in San Mateo, Calif., has dropped international programming from MHz Networks after determining that the programs did not meet legal requirements ...Fibs, Yiddish and Crosbys: tidbits from PBS’s press tour
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — They don’t make the front page, but the comments and observations of panelists during PBS’s portion of the Television ...NEH awards $2 million to pubmedia projects
Seven public media projects got a boost July 21 with the announcement of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, which ...
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