Your organization might enter the 14th annual Webby Awards competition? The organizers have begun accepting entries. See the list of last year's winners.
APT Fall Marketplace will preview nearly 100 new programs in November. Online registration has opened for American Public Television's annual program market, Nov. 11-14 at Sanibel Harbour in southwest Florida near Fort Myers. It's "the only public television meeting which focuses solely on content" and it offers two full days of program screenings. Save $100 by registering by Oct. 13. More info online.
Iowa DTV Symposium takes a hiatus this year. The annual technical event won't meet in 2009 after 14 editions because of the limping economy. The sponsor, Iowa Public Television, will consider returning in 2010.
Next year's PBS Showcase will be held in Austin, Texas. The network announced plans for the annual event Saturday through Wednesday, April 17-20, 2010, at the Hilton Austin. For more information as the date approaches, check: conferences.pbs.org.
This year's World Congress of Science and Factual Producers will be held Dec. 1-4 in Melbourne, Australia. The congress, hosted this year by Australian Broadcasting Corp., includes workshops, networking events, pitch sessions, Meet the Commissioning Editor sessions and panels. Last year’s sold-out event in Florence, Italy, attracted 600 from 26 countries, with a claimed ratio of two producers for every broadcaster. Web: wcsfp.com.
Current offers online feed of pubcasting calendar. Readers can now automatically integrate a calendar of public broadcasting’s national events into their own online calendars. Current and the National Educational Telecommunications Association will compile the calendar and offer it on their websites. Current posts it at Current.org/calendar. ¶
If you use Apple’s iCal, Google Calendar or other compatible personal calendars, you can subscribe to an up-to-date feed that coexists with events in your own calendar. Separate feeds of Current publication dates also is available.
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