1. The Valley’s Largest Stage
Phil Meyer
ValleyPBS President & CEO
Valley Cultural Coalition
April 9, 2015
2. “A classic is classic not because it
conforms to certain structural rules,
or fits certain definitions. It is
classic because of a certain eternal
and irrepressible freshness.”
-- Edith Wharton
7. PBS Arts By The Numbers
• Over 500 hours of arts and cultural
content each year.
• Total TV Audience = 110+ million people.
• Live From Lincoln Center, now in its 40th
season (hosted by Audra McDonald).
• Great Performances is television’s
longest-running arts anthology series,
with over 600 episodes.
8. PBS Arts By The Numbers
• Electronic media may be the only source
for older, lower income or minority
households to participate in arts events.
Each month,
PBS reaches
33+ million
people online.
9. Breaking Out Of The Box
• ValleyPBS ByYou
• Video is formatted for desktop, mobile
(iOS and Android), Apple
TV, Roku, etc…
• Any content available
online is available for free.
10.
11. PBS Arts And Education
• PBSLearningMedia.org
• Video, audio, print, lesson plans, etc…
• Searchable by state standards and
grade levels.
• Productivity tools
for teachers.
• 47,000+ arts
results.
Editor's Notes
The Age of Innocence (1920) won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for literature, making Wharton the first woman to win the award.
Over 500,000 views in a month.
The outdated perception is that no one watches PBS. We are the fifth-highest-rated network on TV, cable or broadcast.
There are several reasons why this data resonates for me. Take a look.
But you may be asking, “What is ValleyPBS doing locally”? There’s Valley’s Gold, our agricultural series, we are producing a four-part documentary on the role of water in the Valley, and this documentary, which premieres on April 16th.
Many of you may remember when public television was called “Educational Television.” We haven’t strayed far from our roots, but now it’s online as well.
Andrew 4th grade Jazz example. We know that PBS content is the most-used video content in classrooms. But does it have an impact outside the classroom. As they used to say on Reading Rainbow, you don’t have to take my word for it…
There’s an old adage in show business that says “give the people what they want.” Well, here you go.