Mountain Lake PBS Productions

Colin Powers reflects on PBS programming for the Adirondacks, Lake Champlain, & Quebec, public broadcasting, and the future of media distribution.

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Lance Weiler is bringing a transmedia education project to Montreal

September 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Educational Programming, Filmmaking, Fun Stuff, Future of public media, Multi-media

Forty children and two teachers on different sides of the continent will work together this fall to produce stories and artwork about a robot. These artifacts will board a commercial rocket and, through an actual space launch, make their way to the International Space Station. The “dean” of transmedia is taking transmedia storytelling in some [...]

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Cirque du Soleil from Mountain Lake PBS

October 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Local stories, PBS, PBS Distribution

via youtube.com Mountain Lake PBS’ newest production caps 2 1/2 years of work with one of Montreal’s greatest institutions… Cirque du Soleil. The program will be seen nationwide for two years as a PBS fundraiser. We’re thrilled to support public television while showcasing a great regional success story.

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Warner Brothers is setting up shop in Montreal

April 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Filmmaking, Illustration - Animation, Multi-media, News, Public Affairs

Further cementing Montreal as a center for animation, gaming and creative media… one of the biggest players in the biz is throwing it hat in the Quebec ring… clipped from www.montrealgazette.com Warner Bros. coming to town To open gaming studio: Company to receive $7.5-million grant, pledges to create 300 jobs by 2015 By JASON MAGDER, [...]

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HD for Free? Of course… its called Over-the-Air

February 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Digital Television, High Definition, Multi-media, PBS

Our Communications Director, Joanna Cummings recently discovered this great blog from a Montreal viewer: How to watch CBS, NBC, FOX, & PBS in HD for free A while back, I wrote about what a mess it is getting HD programming in Montreal. It’s either very expensive (Bell and Shaw Direct) or almost non-existent (Videotron). The [...]

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