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In Producer Resources you can get an inside look at producing for ITVS and learn about the funding process with informative articles and helpful tips.

ITVS funds, distributes and promotes new programs produced by independent producers primarily for public television and beyond. ITVS is looking for proposals that increase diversity on public television and present a range of subjects, viewpoints and forms that complement and challenge existing public television offerings.
Get funding facts, FAQs, guidelines and applications >>

Programs Recently Selected for Funding
Read descriptions of the projects chosen in the latest funding rounds >>

Writing a Better ITVS Treatment
Get some tips from the experts on applying to ITVS >>

Independent Lens Submissions
Get information on how to submit a film to Independent Lens >>

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	ITVS Digital Survey Report ITVS asked a broad range of filmmakers to complete a survey to help understand their experience in the digital marketplace and inform our work charting the road ahead.
	NEW DEAL Version 1.5: Mission and Monetizing: Press Release | Report (PDF) Digital distribution report from American University’s Center for Social Media and ITVS

	A Few Pointers on Submitting Tapes to ITVS
	"Inside Filmmaking" at Inside Indies: Filmmaker interviews, journals and more
	Resources for Filmmakers and Film Fans at Inside Indies
	"It's the Audience, Stupid": What PTV Programmers Want
	From Concept to Contract: The Path of an ITVS Proposal
	Inside the ITVS Jury Room
	It's a Wrap! What Happens to Your Show Once it's "In the Can"

Touted as one of the most valuable tools for the independent producer, the ITVS Production Manual is available in print. Sample forms are also available on disk for you to customize. The manual contains everything from technical specifications, rights and crediting to promotion, distribution and outreach, financial forms, sound logs, releases, cue sheets and more.

Help is just an order form away.

(All prices include shipping and handling.)
ITVS PRODUCTION MANUAL / $36.95
SAMPLE FORMS CD / $20.95
MANUAL & CD / $46.95
Order form (PDF)



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