Programs/Content
‘American Masters’ pursues Latino audiences with events, social media efforts
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The push centered on a documentary about influential photographer Pedro E. Guerrero.
Programs/Content
U.S. public media steps up at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
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The festival has become increasingly important for U.S.–based public media.
Programs/Content
WNET moves ‘MetroFocus’ newsmagazine from weekly to daily
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The public affairs show started four years ago as a web-only production.
Programs/Content
‘Open Mind’ host courts ‘new generation of thinkers’
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Richard Heffner launched the show in 1966 on public TV in New York City. This month, it premiered on the World multicast channel.
Documentaries on PBS
Makers, subjects of PBS’s indie docs bring diversity to public TV, study finds
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The study’s authors argued that films such as God Loves Uganda are central to public TV’s mission.
Programs/Content
With focus on black culture, public TV’s ‘Soul!’ pushed the envelope
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“There was always a sense that Soul! was ‘out there’ for public television, that it was doing things and saying things that made some people uncomfortable.”
Programs/Content
Public TV stations are discovering revenue potential in stock footage
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Sales of stock footage have been ballooning, driven by growing viewership of online video.
"The Pub" Podcast
The Pub #16: Tess Vigeland on quitting Marketplace; Transgender people and personal pronouns; Donor influence on programming
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For Tess Vigeland, a leap out of the host’s seat inspired a book.
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.