Tag: Television programs
Downton Abbey creator calls PBS delay in season scheduling ‘madness’
Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes has weighed in on PBS’s decision to delay airing the Masterpiece megahit for months after each season premieres in Britain. And ...Aviators distributor scrutinizing show after revelations of apparent product placement
The public TV program The Aviators has come under increased scrutiny from its distributor after Current revealed apparent product placement in the show’s on-air ...Winslow of NewsHour sees need for greater investment in public TV’s news programming
The final installment of our interview with Linda Winslow, outgoing executive producer of the PBS NewsHour.PBS’s live-action Odd Squad aims to ‘make math relevant’ for kids
PBS Kids will expand the footprint of its math-focused programs with Odd Squad, a live-action TV series for school-aged children. The new show, which ...Masterpiece Trust secures $3 million gift from San Diego donor
SAN FRANCISCO – Amid previews of upcoming programming at the PBS Annual Meeting, including a groundbreaking 14-hour series on the Roosevelt family ...NewsHour sticks to founding mission: “Allow the audience to reach its own decisions”
In the first installment of our interview with Linda Winslow, outgoing e.p. of PBS NewsHour, she discussed her early start in broadcast journalism and working ...Recast formula for public TV’s Nature depicts animal lives in human terms
The show's executive producer says it's "become more character-driven and, frankly, more emotional."Via Aviators website, opportunities for product placement
Producers of The Aviators, a public TV series distributed by the National Educational Telecommunications Association, devoted a page of the program website to videos ...Aviators grounds embedded marketing offer
Until recently, a page on the Aviators website promoting program sponsorships used slick marketing lingo to pitch product placements, also known as embedded ...Subject of ITVS’s Invisible War thanks pubTV programmers
Kori Cioca said the film's distributor gave her emotional support after she was raped while serving in the U.S. Coast Guard.With retirement ahead, EP of PBS NewsHour reflects on her start in broadcasting
Linda Winslow rose from covering a fireman's muster in small-town Massachusetts to leading a signature news program on public TV.PBS plans digital video service as premium for station members
Public television stations are hoping that special access to a rich library of PBS programs will convince viewers to become members and ...With return to KCET, SoCal Connected adds local color amid hard news
Los Angeles public TV station KCET is bringing back weekly series SoCal Connected after a yearlong hiatus, this time as a mix of hard news ...PBS may continue on commercial multicast channel in South Texas
PBS is talking with at least three entities interested in saving public television programming in the far southern Rio Grande Valley.Women and Girls Lead goes global, extending outreach to five countries
Women and Girls Lead, a public media–based outreach and empowerment program, has evolved into a broader international effort, seeking to drive positive ...
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