It’s Carl Sagan day – the tenth anniversary of Carl Sagan’s death, and blogger Joel Schlosberg is leading a Carl Sagan Memorial Blog-a-Thon that’s already proving to be very popular. If you’re not familiar with Carl Sagan, it’s likely that you weren’t alive in 1980 when his acclaimed television series Cosmos hit the airwaves. Cosmos [...]

KCRW, a Santa Monica, CA public radio station, has doubled its audience using podcasting and other Internet audio technologies. KCRW is aggressively pushing live streaming of programs, podcasting and other Internet audio technologies, and in the process, demonstrating the potential the Internet may hold for all radio stations, public or commercial. KCRW online had 760,000 [...]

The Public Broadcasting Service, PBS, has joined the ranks of YouTubers, using the site to highlight and promote its programming. YouTube is “a great way to get in front of a broad variety of audiences,” said Kevin Dando, PBS Director of Education and Online Communication. “It’s where the market is headed.” The PBS clips, 21 [...]

PBS today announced the launch of downloadable PBS television shows on Google Video, making it possible for users to download and own a selection of PBS primetime and children’s programming for the first time ever. Prices range from $1.99 for an episode of Arthur to the relatively steep $7.99 for an episode of Nova. The [...]