Laura Hazard Owen
Oct 19, 2011 10:00 AM
Julia Child’s The French Chef is going digital for the first time: 200 episodes of the show are coming to Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Prime Instant Video, along with several other PBS TV shows, in an expanded licensing agreement between the two companies. (Some PBS content was already available.) The new…
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David Kaplan
Oct 6, 2010 6:00 AM
For the past few years, national media outlets from the NYT to AOL (NYSE: AOL) have been trying to build greater hyperlocal presences. PBS is trying to go in a different direction as it prepares to unveil a site redesign and new iPad app this month. It’s also ensuring that…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jun 14, 2010 10:06 AM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has committed nearly $1 million for five national public media orgs to build a common digital platform. NPR, PBS, American Public Media, Public Radio International (PRI), and the Public Radio Exchange want a better way to share their own public media content and to encourage…
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David Kaplan
Jan 13, 2010 11:35 AM
PBS has confirmed its plans to create a stand-alone news website in partnership with its local New York affiliate, WNET. The announcement follows the news Rafat broke yesterday about the new site, which we noted will launch in May. The site program related to the as-yet-unnamed web destination—is to be…
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Rafat Ali
Jan 12, 2010 4:10 PM
PBS is working to develop a separate news website, paidContent has learned, and it has commissioned WNET New York to build it for them. WNET will also be producing it for PBS on an ongoing basis. The site will be under PBS.org, and will combine all the news and public…
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David Kaplan
Apr 21, 2009 11:00 PM
Online video has been the main focus of PBS’ online video strategy the past few years and now it finally has a classy showcase to match its high-minded programming. The public broadcaster is pulling up the curtain on the PBS Video Portal, which will have “thousands of hours” of national…
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David Kaplan
Oct 7, 2008 9:40 AM
PBS may be known for much more than Masterpiece Theatre these days, but the news that it will place parts of its programming on Microsoft’s (NSDQ: MSFT) Xbox is still something of a surprise. The public TV net is making a variety of full-length shows available for download on Xbox…
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David Kaplan
Jun 26, 2008 2:00 PM
PBS is crediting improved video offerings and search engine optimization efforts for helping propel its traffic upward 25 percent over last year, a leap that helped it beat the broadcast nets’ sites. Citing Hitwise stats, during the weeks of May 31, June 7, 14 and 21, the public broadcaster’s site…
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David Kaplan
Jan 15, 2008 3:58 PM
PBS has entered the childrens’ virtual world space with its own subscription-based “online neighborhood.” Dubbed PBS Kids Play, the site is ad-free and is aimed at ages 3 to 6. It’s currently in beta. PBS is offering free trials and claims to offer a pre-school and kindergarten curriculum along with…
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