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

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Entries Tagged as 'North Country'

PBS Revolution Discussion Continued…

May 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Digital Television, Documentary, Educational Programming, Future of public media, Local stories, Mountain Lake Journal, Multi-media, News, PBS, Public Affairs, Uncategorized

Below is a thread that began several weeks ago (as reported here and here) on Revolution PBS, an anonymous blog. I’m picking up the thread mid-stream. If you haven’t seen the beginning, you can start with my post linked above and then the “Spoonful of Sugar” post picked up here.

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Naturalist Mark Fraser with some summertime snake fun!

May 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Educational Programming, Local stories, Mountain Lake Journal, Multi-media

Check out the latest video below from Mountain Lake Journal EXTRA’s frequent contributor – Adirondack naturalist Mark Fraser. He’s also got a new blog. Be sure to go visit his site and bookmark or better yet, subscribe to his blog feed (see my post from earlier tonight.)
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Parker Posey, Russell Banks, Courtney Hunt and Joana Vicente of IFP at Lake Placid Film Forum

April 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Filmmaking, Local stories

Mountain Lake PBS is delighted to be media sponsor of what Movie Maker Magazine calls “one of the top 25 coolest festivals in the world”. Check it out!
(posting is abbreviated here)

With more than 40 feature films, a list of directors and films a mile long, stunning backgrounds and an unstoppable partnership, Joana Vicente and Jason [...]

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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, The Gazette
Warner Bros. said [...]

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Nature in the North Country Photo Contest

March 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Educational Programming, History, Multi-media, PBS

March 18, 2010 is nature night on Mountain Lake PBS with the broadcast of Secrets of the Northern Forest and Rattlers, Peepers and Snappers starting at 9:00 p.m. We are celebrating the beauty of the North Country with a photo and video contest!
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Great simple concept… executed brilliantly

December 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Documentary, Filmmaking, History

Check out these  beautiful vignettes produced by David Lynch and his son.  Plenty of real heart and soul with lots of time to really listen to what people are saying. Hat’s off!

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23rd Congressional District Round-up on MLJ

October 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Educational Programming, Mountain Lake Journal, News, PBS, Public Affairs

Watch Mountain Lake Journal on Thursday for special coverage of the hottest electoral race in the US this year – our 23rd district race for John McHugh’s seat. Dede Scozzafava, Bill Owens and Doug Hoffman are all interviewed by Thom Hallock,  Brian Mann from NCPR will provide commentary and we’ll feature clips from the Owens [...]

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H1N1 Special – Live Call in on Thursday Night

October 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Documentary, Mountain Lake Journal, PBS, Public Affairs

Tune in to Mountain Lake Journal at 8:00 on Thursday, October 22 for a live call-in program on the H1N1 Flu Epidemic and what local health officials recommend you do. The program is followed by a special H1N1 edition of Second Opinion, the nationally distributed health program from WXXI PBS in Rochester.
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