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 inks deals for on-demand access to local station content
Posted: January 7, 2013PBS unveiled deals to distribute public TV programs on two additional on-demand video streaming platforms — Roku and Xbox Live. The contracts, unveiled last week by PBS Digital chief Jason Seiken, lay the groundwork for apps that will feature local station programming … Continue reading
Edwardian-themed screenings provide jolly good show for Downton fans
Posted: January 4, 2013To whet local viewers’ appetites for the return of the megahit British drama Downton Abbey this Sunday, more than 100 pubcasting stations across the country have organized lively events evoking Edwardian England, the period in which the Masterpiece Classics series is set. Continue reading
Mr. Cao Goes to Washington balances on the bipartisan fence
Posted: December 26, 2012S. Leo Chiang’s latest documentary examines partisanship and race “through the eyes of an idealist centrist who happens to be an Asian-American Republican who tried to survive in the ultra-partisan climate that exists in the country today.” Continue reading
Burns family takes on controversial case, and city of New York, in critically acclaimed documentary
Posted: December 19, 2012The Central Park Five, written and directed by Ken Burns, his daughter Sarah Burns and her husband, David McMahon, is not one of his production company’s typical stately paced works. Continue reading
Nightly Business Report cuts jobs, closes Chicago bureau
Posted: December 18, 2012A new round of layoffs at Nightly Business Report, initiated last week, pared full-time staff to 22, down by half from two years ago. Cutbacks included shuttering the show’s Chicago bureau, where chief correspondent Diane Eastabrook has worked for the … Continue reading
APT cites top series for programming excellence, names Robert Scully ‘Person of the Year’
Posted: December 11, 2012During last month’s Fall Marketplace conference in Sanibel Harbour, Fla., APT honored Doc Martin, Nightly Business Report, Rick Steves’ Hidden Europe and New Scandinavian Cooking with Programming Excellence Awards, recognizing the four series for their positive impact on public TV … Continue reading
Pledge special builds on Downton’s buzz
Posted: November 21, 2012Fans of Masterpiece’s hit Downton Abbey await arrival of the British drama’s third season, PBS and some 70 local stations hope to reel them into the public TV membership fold with a Nov. 25 pledge special. Continue reading