Lacy coaxes creative talents to share stories of their lives
Posted: May, 20, 2013
By Barry Garron
Television programs
This Old House follows homeowners still recovering from Superstorm Sandy
Posted: May, 20, 2013
By Dru Sefton
Facing financial woes, KCETLink to focus on ‘transmedia’
Posted: May, 01, 2013
By Dru Sefton and Ben Mook
“If you can’t make it important, it’s probably not worth doing”
Posted: May, 17, 2013
Interview by Karen Everhart and Dru Sefton
PBS acquires new British drama to anchor Sunday nights
Posted: May, 15, 2013
By Dru Sefton
Pipeline 2013
Posted: October, 09, 2012
Compiled by Theodore Fischer
Tough reality for PBS: Roadshow audience doesn’t flow easily into Market Warriors
Posted: April 4, 2013PBS has ended production of Market Warriors, the Monday-night series that was a lynchpin in its strategy to hold on to viewers of Antiques Roadshow, the most-watched regular series in the primetime schedule. Continue reading
Public TV’s first TED Talks Education special tapes live this week
Posted: April 3, 2013TED, the nonprofit behind the high-profile conferences about ideas in technology, entertainment and design (as well as NPR’s new weekend series), and WNET will co-produce TED’s first original television show this spring. TED Talks Education will tape before a live … Continue reading
Nine media projects receive Latino Public Broadcasting funding
Posted: April 2, 2013Media projects backed during LPB’s latest grant round include Children of Giant, Hector Galan’s documentary exploring how production of the epic feature film Giant affected race relations in Marfa, Texas. Continue reading
Nova faulted for failing to disclose funder’s interest in drones
Posted: March 18, 2013A recent Nova documentary about unmanned aerial drones sparked a flurry of complaints from viewers upset by what the program’s producers didn’t say about development of the technology for military and other purposes: that Lockheed Martin, series underwriter and one of the country’s largest military contractors, is a developer of drone technology. Continue reading
Pubradio and TV audiences continue migration to digital, State of News Media study shows
Posted: March 18, 2013Audiences for public radio and television news continue to spend less time with legacy broadcast platforms as they transition to digital listening and viewing, according to the State of the News Media study from the Pew Research Center’s Project for … Continue reading
PBS cancels Market Warriors series from Antiques Roadshow producer
Posted: March 16, 2013PBS is ending production of Market Warriors, the much-anticipated series that premiered in July 2012 as a partner program to longtime ratings hit Antiques Roadshow, according to a March 14 WGBH internal memo to employees. Marsha Bemko, executive producer of … Continue reading
WGBH selects National Geographic TV exec to head national programming
Posted: March 13, 2013John Bredar, a senior executive producer at National Geographic Television, is the new head of national programming at major producing station WGBH in Boston. He succeeds current Vice President of National Programming Margaret Drain, who announced her retirement last year. … Continue reading