FCC Working Group Report ‘Re-imagines’ Emergency Alerting
Among other things, the report examines the potential of Next Gen TV and the efforts of PBS
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Public TV Raises Concern Over Possible WEA Enhancement
APTS, PBS don't want to have to increase bandwidth to accommodate WEA improvements
APTS Elects Sherrese M. Smith to Its Board of Trustees
Begins three-year term as an at-large trustee on the APTS board
Research: Americans Want Public Broadcasting to Provide Earthquake Early Warnings
With their national reach, public broadcast stations are uniquely situated to alert the public to earthquake dangers
House Votes Unanimously to Pass RAY BAUM Act
Broadcasters move toward adequate repack funding with house bill passage
CPB, APTS Address Trump’s 2018 Budget Proposal
The White House released President Trump’s proposed 2018 budget on Tuesday and once again it looks to eliminate funding for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting.
FCC Fixes to Clean Out Media Rules Closet
What to leave in. What to leave out. That is the question the Federal Communications Commission is asking in a review of its “rules applicable to media entities, including broadcasters, cable operators, and satellite television providers.”
Pacific Mountain Network Shutting Down, Gives Funds to APTS
As one door closes, another opens with the announcement that the Pacific Mountain Network (PMN) will be closing its doors after nearly 40 years.
APTS Members Get Crash Course on Repack, ATSC 3.0
Public stations like PBS and other local channels like it provide many educational services/programs through their stations, but Wednesday afternoon they got a crash course in some of the biggest issues set to face the industry over the next few years.
Homeland S&T and APTS Bring Datacasting to First Responders
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate has signed an agreement with American Public Television Stations in an effort to improve communications for the first responder community.
House Appropriations Committee Recommends Public Broadcast Funding
A week after the U.S. House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee made its recommendation for public broadcasting funding, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee did the same.
House Subcommittee Recommends Public Broadcast Funding
A little less than a month after the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved funding for public broadcasting, the U.S. House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee also recommended the funding for public broadcasting.
APTS Approves of Senate’s Public Broadcasting Funding
Patrick Butler, president and CEO of America’s Public Television Stations, praised the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee on its recent funding of public broadcasting.
APTS Members Pledge to Support FirstNet
Last month at its annual Public Media Summit the recently renamed America’s Public Television Stations (APTS), formerly the Association of Public Television Stations, announced efforts to create a national hub and committed to set aside spectrum for an upcoming first-responders network.
APTS, PBS and NCTA Renew Public TV Digital Cable Carriage Agreement
American’s Public Television Stations and Public Broadcasting Service announced on Sunday, Feb. 21, the renewal of the 2005 Public Television Digital Cable Carriage Agreement with the National Cable & Telecommunications Association.