Public Media Company, Independent Public Media finalists to buy San Mateo’s KCSM-TV
Current April 16, 2012 The two remaining finalists bidding for KCSM, public TV in San Mateo, Calif., are local groups affiliated with Independent Public Media and Public Media Company, reports the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club (citing a report in the Palo Alto Daily Post, which is not published online). The bid amounts are not yet public. Among offers rejected by licensee San
Business savvy lets VegasPBS grow, deliver popular programs
By Chris Sieroty, Las Vegas Review-Journal October 16, 2011 For much of its life, public broadcasting has relied on a mix of local and federal taxpayer support, program underwriting by foundations and corporations, and small donations from viewers, often during on-air fund drives. While VegasPBS thrives, independent public television stations are an endangered species in
New venture fund for public TV, and launch of all-pledge PBS channel
By Adam Powell, USC Anneberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy October 14, 2011 New revenue models to support public television have been announced – one a new twist on venture philanthropy and another taking a traditional source of funds to what may be its logical extreme. The venture philanthropy comes from the formation of Independent
Independent Public Media Backgrounder
By Michael Marcotte, MVM Consulting October 6, 2011 This is entrepreneurial. Public TV stations are indeed valuable properties. This guy would acquire them, lease some of their spectrum to commercial telecommunication services then plow the proceeds into the mission-side of the networked organization. Makes sense. I’d like to see some deeper digging on his track
With microwave proceeds, Schwartz nonprofits offer to buy and revive pubTV channels
By Dru Sefton, Current October 6, 2011 A consortium of five nonprofits headed by public media activist and founder John B. Schwartz is offering to purchase and help revitalize financially at-risk public TV stations through a new initiative, Independent Public Media. The nonprofits’ proceeds from spectrum transactions, about $40 million, will help “recapitalize and sustain”
New Initiative Aims to Preserve Independent Public Television Stations Now On the Endangered List
October 5, 2011 Independent public television stations are becoming an endangered species due to steep declines in funding. In response, a consortium of five non-profit organizations known as the EBS Companies, today announced the formation of Independent Public Media, an initiative dedicated to preserving community-based public TV stations throughout the United States. In an effort