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The FCC Report on Information Needs of Communities: A Moment of Truth, Part II
August 29, 2011Sally Jo Fifer explores how the FCC’s latest report on media and technology affects ITVS, independent producers, and the public media ecosystem.In Part One of this post, I talked about the Federal Communication Commission’s significant report on the impact of technology on the media landscape, ending with the question: What should we do? And how does…
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Keeping Up with the Digital Distribution Joneses
August 25, 2011This month, ITVS will be re-launching our popular IndiesLab monthly blog post with Sreedevi Sripathy, Director of Broadcast and Distribution, discussing research, news, and trends that come out of ITVS’s IndiesLab.For those of you unaware of the mission of IndiesLab, it is a joint initiative of ITVS and PBS and our goal is to devise and test strategies for…
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Think Win-Win: Charles Meyer on NCME and Community Cinema
August 25, 2011Executive Director of the National Center for Media Engagement (NCME) Charles Meyer outlines his organization's recently announced partnership with ITVS's Community Cinema.In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephan Covey’s fourth habit encourages, "Think Win-Win." As Covey points out – and as we’ve discovered in our community engagement…
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The Reconstruction of Asa Carter Screens in Birmingham
August 25, 2011The documentary by filmmakers Marco Ricci and Douglas Newman will screen at the 13th annual Sidewalk Moving Pictures Festival in Birmingham, AL on Sunday, August 28 at 12:30pm at the Hill Event Center.The Reconstruction of Asa Carter explores the life and legacy of the best-selling author of The Outlaw Josey Wales and The Education of Little Tree —…
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ITVS Announces Funding for 30 Mosques in 30 States Project
August 24, 201130 Mosques in 30 States is a unique, multimedia portrait of diverse Muslim communities throughout America. Part travel blog, part photo essay, part video diary, and part mobile application, 30 Mosques in 30 States is an original documentary experience developed by digital media producers Aman Ali and Bassam Tariq – two young Muslim Americans who set out…