Iowa PBS News

Tune in for FestiFall 2019 in November

Posted: October 22, 2019

With musical performances, travel specials, local productions, lifestyle programs and more FestiFall 2019 will feature new specials and classic favorites.

Two IPTV programs named 2019 NETA Awards finalists

Posted: October 22, 2019

IPTV is a finalist in Educational Resources for the Classroom and Live Virtual Learning Events

IPTV Receives Four Upper Midwest Emmy® Awards

Posted: October 7, 2019

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences – Upper Midwest Chapter recently honored IPTV staff with four Regional Emmy® Awards. Two awards went to Greetings From Iowa in the Historical/Cultural/Nostalgic – Program Feature/Segment and Public/Current/Community Affairs – Program Feature/Segment categories. KIDS Clubhouse Adventures won in the Children/Teen category and Miniature Books , a short feature related to the PBS program Great American Read , took home top place in the Interstitial category. Individuals recognized for their work on Great American Read: Miniature Books include:...

IPTV Presents 2019 World Food Prize Coverage

Posted: September 26, 2019

IPTV will provide live coverage of The World Food Prize Laureate Award Ceremony at the Iowa Capitol on Thursday, October 17 at 7 p.m.

IPTV to participate in national Move to Include project to promote inclusion in key communities

Posted: September 20, 2019

Public television station WXXI announced today that it will lead a pilot project to expand its innovative Move to Include project to promote inclusion in five new communities across the country. Funded by a $645,000 grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), this 16-month project will scale up the multimedia initiative, developed by WXXI and the Golisano Foundation that combines content production, curation, and engagement to encourage dialogue about disability issues. “People with disabilities make up our single largest minority in this country,” explains WXXI President &...