To: EDUCATION EDITORS
Contact: Diane Buxton, +1-617-300-5375, [email protected] or Jessica Smith, +1-617-300-5374, [email protected], both of WGBH Boston for FRONTLINE
BOSTON, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ — This election season, PBS’s flagship documentary series FRONTLINE offers voters more options than ever to view its quadrennial award-winning election special “The Choice 2008,” premiering Tuesday, Oct. 14, from 9 to 11 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings), with encore broadcasts Sunday, Oct. 26, and Monday, Nov. 3, 2008.
For the first time, FRONTLINE viewers will also be able to watch the complete two-hour dual biography of John McCain and Barack Obama on YouTube (youtube.com/pbs) and download it free from iTunes beginning Oct. 15 through the month of November. “The Choice 2008” will also stream in the high-quality News & Public Affairs Player at pbs.org/frontline and on many local PBS station Web sites, where visitors can select from a rich archive of more than 45 full-length FRONTLINE reports, as always with no commercials.
For 20 years, through five presidential elections, FRONTLINE’s “The Choice” has presented rich personal and political biographies of the candidates through in-depth interviews with the advisers, friends and those closest to them. Hailed by critics as “the best single TV opportunity that voters have to examine the two men who would be president,””The Choice” has become a much-anticipated election favorite.
“Now more than ever, new media plays an important role in how Americans learn and share information about the election,” says FRONTLINE executive producer David Fanning. “It’s important that we continue to fulfill the mission of public broadcasting by extending free viewership of “The Choice 2008″ to as wide an audience as possible and by reaching out to voters across these digital platforms.”
Digital Cable television viewers will also be able to access “The Choice 2008” via Elections ’08 On Demand, a voter-education VOD channel that is being offered across the country on America’s leading cable operators, including Comcast, Cablevision and Time Warner Cable among many others. “The Choice 2008” also will be offered On Demand through additional local cable operators in select markets. Please check with your cable provider to find “The Choice 2008” and Elections ’08 On Demand. Finally, repeat broadcasts of “The Choice 2008” are scheduled on the digital channel PBS WORLD on Oct. 15 at 7 p.m.; Oct. 16 at 12 a.m., 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.; and Oct. 19 at 12 p.m. ET.
LINKS
Visit “The Choice 2008” on PBS.org to watch previews, check local listings, and bookmark the page for streaming video of the complete documentary coming Oct. 14: http://www.pbs.org/frontline/choice2008/ .
Watch and share “The Choice 2008” with friends on YouTube beginning Oct. 15: http://www.youtube.com/pbs.
Download “The Choice 2008” free from iTunes beginning Oct. 15 through the month of November.
“The Choice 2008” is a FRONTLINE co-production with Kirk Documentary Group, Ltd. The writer, producer and director is Michael Kirk. The producer and reporter is Jim Gilmore. The co-producer and co-writer is Paul Stekler. FRONTLINE is produced by WGBH Boston and is broadcast nationwide on PBS. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers. Major funding for FRONTLINE is provided by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Additional funding is provided by the Park Foundation. Additional funding for “The Choice 2008” is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting/PBS Program Challenge Fund. FRONTLINE is closed- captioned for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers and described for people who are blind or visually impaired by the Media Access Group at WGBH. FRONTLINE is a registered trademark of WGBH Educational Foundation. The executive producer of FRONTLINE is David Fanning.
PBS goes behind the headlines throughout the summer and fall with the “PBS Vote 2008” election lineup, offering Americans a unique opportunity to explore the presidential election. PBS’s trusted news brands and personalities bring viewers in-depth information and insight into the issues and candidates. PBS’s election coverage will be led by The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Washington Week with Gwen Ifill & National Journal, NOW on PBS, Bill Moyers Journal and Tavis Smiley, and enhanced by programming from other trusted PBS sources, including American Experience, FRONTLINE, Nightly Business Report and P.O.V. PBS.org’s election hub page, pbs.org/vote2008, will provide further perspectives. The site will aggregate video from PBS, feature syndicatable content from across public media and highlight innovative Web-only projects from PBS producers and stations.
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Diane Buxton
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Jessica Smith
(617) 300-5374
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