ADS MAY YET INTERRUPT PBS PROGRAMS

Despite unleashing a storm of criticism when it said that it is considering airing messages from foundations and corporate sponsors within its programs instead of at the beginning and end as it does now, PBS has not abandoned the proposed change, PBS chief Paula Kerger said Saturday. Speaking to the Television Critics Association in Beverly […]

PBS PLANS TO AIR ADS THROUGHOUT SHOWS

A New York Times report earlier this week that PBS is planning to break up its “pods” of acknowledgements — essentially commercials — at the end of each broadcast, distributing them instead into its programs at roughly every 15-minute mark, is already beginning to generate controversy. PBS maintains that the move is not intended to […]