An excerpt from Jennifer Owensby Sanza’s article about her success with “The Teachings of Jon” on public television. Really excellent advice (though I’ll add that it helps to talk with your local PBS station early on about the possibility of being a presenting station, sharing some resources or applying for ITVS’ LINCS program together. Click [...]
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Trina Cutter has outlined an agile business model for PBS stations that needs to be seriously embraced by stations facing budget shortfalls, increased expectations and younger workers with different workplace expectations. Even stations such as ours (Mountain Lake PBS) that still operate with full-time staffers can adopt a “gig economy” mindset. (This article is abridged [...]
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via youtube.com Wow… we’re still using some of the machines in this fabulous behind-the-scenes peak at Public Television. Plus as Southern Ohio’s public broadcaster WOUB is featured in my documentary Skatopia: 88 Acres of Anarchy (though we feature the radio side.)
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Dead Reckoning: Champlain In America Dead Reckoning: Champlain In America Tue Jan 4 9:00PM Dead Reckoning: Champlain In America Dead Reckoning: Champlain In America This animated documentary shares the story of the brave explorer and visionary, Samuel de Champlain. via kcet.org A great by-product of KCET dropping their PBS membership – independent documentaries will get [...]
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via video.pbs.org I’m looking forward to this new Nova mini-series… something to sit down and watch with my 6-year old son. Its all about the technologies that he’ll take for granted in his life.
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BREAKING NEWS: KCET to drop PBS membership Jan. 1 KCET, public television’s major station in the nation’s second-largest media market, is dropping its PBS membership as of Jan. 1, 2011, station President Al Jerome told Current today (Oct. 8). It will become the largest independent public broadcasting station in America. Jerome said he and Gordon [...]
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Today the States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision that found the the FCC’s 2006 decision to punish broadcasters for Cher and Nicole Richie’s “fleeting expletives” was based on vague and inconsistent standards. It is likely that this decision and possibly the upcoming decision on Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” in the [...]
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Vivian Schiller of NPR trumpeted the new “one-stop” platform for your public media fix every day… I’m not sure how this will relate to individual station sites or feed visitors back to them… we’ll see. I don’t see myself going anywhere but NCPR for the In-box, nor anywhere but MLPBS for the latest Mountain Lake [...]
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Below is an invaluable tool for anyone seeking to write a pitch document for a grant, private investor, foundation or broadcaster. I’ve been referring to it for several years and re-read every six months or so. I’d add to the discussion several key points: 1) Describe (early in your treatment) what you want to accomplish [...]
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