In 1967 Congress transformed educational broadcasting into the public radio and television system that has served the United States well. But changes in demographics, economics and technologies now challenge the legacy system with respect to audience, funding, and in some cases relevance. The Aspen Institute Roundtable on Public Service Media was designed to engage the major constituencies in the field around a new approach to creating, funding, managing and delivering public service media (PSM) in the digital era. More specifically, the Roundtable aims to set a vision of what the public has the right to expect from the public service media in the years to come as well as a roadmap for moving through the changes that face PSM producers, distributors, funders and policy-makers to achieve that vision.
Aligning Public Service Media in America: Overcoming the Obstacles
May 18-20, 2009, Annapolis, Maryland
- Foreward 130KB
- Roundtable Agenda 258KB
- Attendees 135KB
- Report on the February 2009 Meeting 371KB
Aligning Public Service Media in America: Setting the Vision
February 1-3, 2009, Santa Barbara, California
- Report to the CPB Board of Directors 187KB
- Roundtable Agenda 47KB
- Attendees 29KB
- Participant Bios 185KB
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