Facing financial woes, KCETLink to focus on ‘transmedia’
Posted: May, 01, 2013
By Dru Sefton and Ben Mook
Television programs
“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
PBS wades into over the top content streaming with new Roku apps
Posted: May, 09, 2013
By Ben Mook
Pipeline 2013
Posted: October, 09, 2012
Compiled by Theodore Fischer
PBS FY14 draft budget has $11M content hike, no dues increase, thanks to income influx
Posted: April 11, 2013PBS’s year-to-date financial results show a net income of $22 million instead of the estimated $100,000 net loss anticipated in its fiscal year 2013 budget, the PBS Board of Directors heard at their meeting April 9 at headquarters in Arlington, … Continue reading
New metasite showcases Localore projects
Posted: April 10, 2013The Association of Independents in Radio will launch a metasite April 22 that combines its 10 Localore multimedia projects on a single interactive platform, showcasing the results of a yearlong production to develop broadcast and web content in cities across … Continue reading
Scarce funding limits public media’s response to gun debate
Posted: April 10, 2013The mass shootings last year in Colorado, Wisconsin and Connecticut reawakened Americans to recurring tragedies of gun violence and rekindled a national debate about gun control — one that public radio and television have chronicled and analyzed through ongoing programs and the package of special broadcasts that aired on PBS last month. Continue reading
KQED launches 11th season of ImageMakers and new spinoff show
Posted: April 9, 2013ImageMakers, the indie film showcase curated by San Francisco’s KQED TV, will debut the Oscar-winning film Curfew, May 12. Every year, KQED Program Director Scott Dwyer makes the film festival rounds and screens over 2,000 productions to curate a new … Continue reading
Few ‘Magic Moments’ in March pledge
Posted: April 5, 2013Pledge results reported by public TV stations from recently concluded on-air fundraisers were down 20 percent to 25 percent from the March 2012 drive, according to Kristen Kuebler, director of station research for Arizona-based TRAC Media. For most stations, the … Continue reading
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