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A U.S. federal judge has permanently blocked President Trump's executive order to defund NPR and PBS, ruling it unlawfully targeted viewpoints the president disapproved of and violated the First Amendment, deeming the order unlawful and unenforceable.
The Wall Street Journal has published a review of the PBS documentary "Henry David Thoreau," which explores the life of the influential writer and naturalist.
A Yahoo article reviews the PBS program 'Breaking the Deadlock,' praising its balanced portrayal of the complexities surrounding sports betting.
PBS Masterpiece's new 6-part historical drama, 'The Forsytes,' an adaptation of John Galsworthy’s novels, has premiered in the US to solid reviews and a 71% critics' score.
Comedian, actress and now super-successful podcaster Amy Poehler has been tapped to receive one of this year’s Peabody Awards honors, along with “Reservation Dogs” creator Sterlin Harjo and…
A majority of Americans oppose the U.S.' involvement in the war with Iran, according to a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. And, the Department of Justice is quietly restoring gun rights to felons.
Piper Sandler has issued a minor price target cut for Cigna (CI) while maintaining support for the firm's PBS strategy.
The end is in sight for Miss Scarlet. Masterpiece PBS has renewed the period mystery series for a seventh and final season.
US President Donald Trump issued an executive order on May 1st concerning the funding of NPR and PBS, designated as public service media, citing changes in the media landscape.
His maximal studies of US institutions such as welfare bureaucracy and an intensive care unit were packed with human detail and free from explicit commentary • Frederick Wiseman, prolific documentary film-maker, dies aged 96 The documentary form is often thought to be governed by a manageable feature-length high concept: the story of a person, an institution, an historical episode. The subject itself and the film’s attitude towards it, its editorial slant, are habitually plain enough and the procedure is metonymic: the camera focuses on a part, and the whole is illuminated by implication. Often they have a sexed-up, quirky story to tell, which might mean a selective and sneakily tendentious approach to editing the material. But that is not quite the case with the films of Frederick Wiseman. His colossal, immersive movies about ordinary people and ordinary lives enclosed in some kind of institution, and characterised by the absence of voiceovers, intertitles or the off-camera directorial presence of the interviewing voice, are not amenable to the elevator pitch; they are the entire elevator shaft itself, and the whole building that houses it. Whereas epic-length films might be generally held to be appropriate for big and distinctively historical subjects, such as Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah or Marcel Ophüls’s The Sorrow and the Pity, Wiseman applies the maximal approach to static cross-section studies of sometimes less obviously momentous topics such as Paris’s Crazy Horse nightclub or the French restaurant Le Bois Sans Feuilles. However his greatest works are top-to-bottom body-politic pictures of public institutions, huge, intricate constructions of unglamour; his movies themselves were virtual institutions, movie-edifices mirroring their subjects in architectural form and indeed almost always funded by one particular public institution: PBS, the Public Broadcasting System. Continue reading...
Pakistan has demonstrated progress in child and maternal health, according to PBS, though significant inequalities in these areas persist.
The Wall Street Journal has published a review of the PBS program 'Henry David Thoreau: Man of Land and Letters', highlighting its portrayal of the influential American writer.
Ken Burns' new three-part PBS documentary explores the enduring relevance of naturalist Henry David Thoreau, featuring a voiceover cast of prominent actors.
Ghana's Inspector-General of Police has ordered the Police Professional Standards Bureau to launch an investigation into the alleged assault on artist Ibrahim Mahama in Tamale.
Reporting by The Shift on former PBS broadcaster and government employee Reno Bugeja's alleged conflict of interest, involving his appointment to the PBS editorial board while receiving a substantial advisory fee from Parliament, has led to a media freedom alert.
EXCLUSIVE: The Forsytes has been renewed for a third season before the period drama has even premiered on PBS Masterpiece.
Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW) is considering selling its subsidiaries, Przedsiębiorstwo Budowy Szybów (PBSz) and Jastrzębskie Zakłady Remontowe (JZR), with the Industrial Development Agency (ARP) identified as a potential buyer. The decision will be made at an extraordinary general meeting of the company.
Reno Bugeja, a government consultant with a full-time €70,000-a-year contract at the Office of the Prime Minister, has been appointed to the editorial board of Malta's state broadcaster, PBS, with the aim of maintaining impartiality.
PBS Distribution has acquired U.S. rights to Wildgaze Films’ love story “Trespasses” and Hera Pictures’ factual drama “I Fought the Law” from All3Media Intl.
Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) is refusing to disclose payments made to its former CEO, Sigmund Mifsud, who faces criminal charges, even as the government continues to assign him new roles.
PBS and ITVS are collaborating to launch a new YouTube channel dedicated to nonfiction fare, aiming to reach new audiences for public television, according to PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger.
Lilias Folan, widely known as "The First Lady of Yoga" for her nearly 30-year run as host of PBS's "Lilias, Yoga and You," has passed away at the age of 90.
The award-winning actress and director/screenwriter will be celebrated at the 86th annual ceremony on May 31 in Beverly Hills.
With his new docuseries Amerigo coming to PBS, Emmy-winning producer David McCourt wanted to examine a complicated question.
Irans utenriksminister, Abbas Araghchi, sier til den amerikanske TV-kanalen PBS News at landet er forberedt på å fortsette angrepene så lenge det er nødvendig. Han sier også at de ikke vil ha…
PBS Masterpiece has confirmed that intrepid detective Eliza Scarlet and her friends will return for one last season in Miss Scarlet season 7.
The Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) has announced the election of new officers, including Manolito Tayag as chair and Margot Torres as vice chair, with businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan becoming chair emeritus.
British detective drama “Bergerac” is heading to the U.S. with PBS Distribution following a deal with Banijay Rights. The acquisition comes ahead of next week’s London TV Screenings, with PBS securing the first two seasons of the show with plans to launch later this year. Set in Jersey, “Bergerac” stars Damien Molony (“The Split,” “Brassic”) […]