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Weekly roundup: Norman Lear vs. PBS, funding strategies and more
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Plus a video to give you vertigo.
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Plus a video to give you vertigo.
WNET and PBS officials recently concluded a “listening tour” to hear the concerns of documentarians. Did it change their outlook?
With a new American Masters documentary in the wings, the filmmaker says he prefers to let his projects find him.
Foundation funders have plenty at stake in PBS’s pending decisions about scheduling and promoting independent films.
Plus a marriage proposal delivered by pledge drive.
Our guide to the news and links you might have missed this week.
Representatives from PBS spurred discussion about promotion, distribution and scheduling of independent films on public TV.
This miniseries is no Downton Abbey — heads are rolled, not pie dough.
A roundup of insights and comments from several public media sessions at the annual conference.
A panel session at the 2015 SXSW conference focused on the continuing debate between PBS and independent filmmakers about the place of their work within the network’s national schedule.
Check our list of pubmedia-related sessions — and let us know if we missed yours.
Any benefits from the town-hall-style “listening tour” that stopped here Monday courtesy of PBS and several other public media organizations were strictly therapeutic.
A Virginia broadcaster might swap some of its UHF TV channels for VHF during the FCC’s incentive auction and wants a bigger payout than currently proposed.
A dustup between independent filmmakers and the New York City station has co-opted a national “listening tour.”
This week, we contemplate how much children’s public television has changed since Fred Rogers’ day, and the news isn’t all bad — far from it, in fact.
The CPB funds, which are approved two years before being paid out, not only stay at the current level but would include annual increases of roughly 2.2 percent through 2025.
A tattoo expert argues that media outlets should pay sources for their time and knowledge. This week on our podcast, The Pub.
The discussion was friendly, but emotions ran high as filmmakers and public TV executives examined their often stormy relationship.
Tweets from the Jan. 17 meeting at the San Francisco Public Library.
Masterpiece‘s “Poldark,” which premieres in June, might also enjoy additional seasons on the network.