London - U.K. media company Telegraph Media Group on Tuesday named veteran PBS executive Jason Seiken chief content officer, a newly created post. Editors of the firm's Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers will report to the outgoing PBS head of digital. Seiken worked for PBS for more than six years, but will return to London next month. Before his time at PBS, he worked as the London-based vp of AOL Europe and editor-in-chief of the Washington Post web site. Seiken will begin his new post in October and oversee Telegraph Media's editorial operations. The company said
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- 9/10/2013
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This is the latest volley in the arms race by streaming services to dominate children’s programming — one of the biggest attractions for subscribers. Netflix says this morning that it has an “expanded multiyear licensing agreement” with PBS Distribution for the U.S. and Canada. Beginning in 2014 it will include exclusive digital carriage for PBS Kids’ Super Why! Other kids shows in the deal include Wild Kratts, Caillou and Arthur. It also covers Ken Burns documentaries such as Prohibition and The Central Park Five, past seasons of Nova and Secrets Of The Dead and all seasons of UK murder mystery The Bletchley Circle. “While PBS stations will always be the first place to see our programming, this agreement with Netflix exposes our shows to new audiences and further expands PBS’s presence across all media platforms,” says PBS Digital Gm Jason Seiken. The announcement follows a similar deal involving kids...
- 7/3/2013
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
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