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The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, Tonight on AfroPoP
February 2, 2011The National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) keeps the premieres coming at you this season with their series AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange. Tonight starts in Columbia with a single-mother fighting some big odds in Uprooted and ends with Soweto train surfing in Sanza Hanza (King Surfer). Stick with AfroPoP tonight on your local WORLD…
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U.S INPUT 2011 Pre-Selection Finalists Announced
January 24, 2011INPUT (International Public Television) is an organization that brings together producers, media professionals, and broadcasters from around the world for a week-long showcase of content and discussion each year, creating a forum “where the rules of broadcasting are challenged and redefined.” This year the INPUT conference will be held in Seoul,…
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ITVS Brings You Haiti Then and Now
January 12, 2011There are several programs focusing on Haiti this week, a year after the country was devastated by a 7.0 earthquake. In addition to Children of Haiti, which broadcast Tuesday night on Independent Lens, ITVS has profiled issues in Haiti in the past in these two films: Egalité for All: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution tells the story of a…
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What Makes PBS Different than Network TV?
December 28, 2010A loyal and growing number of Americans choose to support public television. Flagship programs like Independent Lens continue to produce some of the most innovative and groundbreaking content on-air and online. But PBS is actually almost entirely a different animal than, say, CBS, or Fox, or even CNN. But what makes PBS so different from cable or network…
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Deadline for INPUT 2011: Dare the Future
October 18, 2010INPUT (International Public Television) is an organization that brings together producers, media professionals, and broadcasters from around the world for a weeklong showcase of content and discussion each year, creating a forum “where the rules of broadcasting are challenged and redefined.” U.S. INPUT is now accepting American submissions for…