RE: PBS CEO Warns That Federal Cuts will Sink Some Stations
July 30, 2017 at 9:35 pm
(This post was last modified: July 30, 2017 at 9:36 pm by KevinM1.)
If any TV entity can (and should) embrace going online, it's PBS. They have decades' worth of still relevant educational programming in their vault. New Masterpiece series could be released in a binge watch format. Same with imports like The Great British Baking Show. Even the News Hour could be streamed.
Moreover, isn't the vast majority of non-imported PBS programming centrally produced anyway? I know that in the past that local stations had a fair amount of unique programming (Bob Ross' show started at the Municie, Indiana station, for example), but it seems like most of it is just standardized programming. I think my local station has maybe one or two NH-focused shows a week.
It sucks that people are going to lose their jobs, but it really seems like a cut of Federal funds will merely hasten what was bound to happen anyway. They really should've been transitioning to online-only about five years ago.
Moreover, isn't the vast majority of non-imported PBS programming centrally produced anyway? I know that in the past that local stations had a fair amount of unique programming (Bob Ross' show started at the Municie, Indiana station, for example), but it seems like most of it is just standardized programming. I think my local station has maybe one or two NH-focused shows a week.
It sucks that people are going to lose their jobs, but it really seems like a cut of Federal funds will merely hasten what was bound to happen anyway. They really should've been transitioning to online-only about five years ago.
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