KCET’s and LinkTV’s ARTBOUND Garners Two
KCET’s SOCAL CONNECTED Wins Best Informational Series
Press Release – Burbank, Calif. – July 23, 2016 – KCETLink Media Group, a leading national independent non-profit public broadcast and digital network, which includes both Southern California’s KCET public television service as well as the Link TV national satellite network, announced today that it has received three awards at the 68th Annual Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards. The awards include Best Informational Series (More Than 50% Remote) or KCET’S acclaimed news program SOCAL CONNECTED, KCET and Link TV’s shared series ARTBOUND for the ARTS category, as well as Feature Segment. The 68th Annual Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards were announced on Saturday, July 23 at the newly opened Saban Media Center at the Television Academy in North Hollywood.
The 68th Annual Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards for KCETLink Media Group include:
INFORMATIONAL SERIES (MORE THAN 50 % REMOTE)
- SoCal Connected
Linda Burns, Senior Producer; Alicia Clark, Segment Producer; Conor Knighton, Reporter; Cara Santa Maria, Reporter; Robert J. McDonnell, Associate Producer; Lata Pandya, Segment Producer; Derrick Shore, Producer, Reporter; Val Zavala, Anchor, Executive Producer
ARTS
- Artbound – “Borderlands”
Matthew Crotty, Producer; Juan Devis, Executive Producer; Bruce Dickson, Producer; Drew Tewksbury, Co-Producer - Artbound – “The Star Apartments”
Matthew Crotty, Producer; Juan Devis, Executive Producer
ABOUT KCETLINK MEDIA GROUP
KCETLink Media Group is a national independent, nonprofit, digital and broadcast network that provides high-quality, culturally diverse programming designed to engage the public in innovative, entertaining and transformative ways. With a commitment to independent perspectives, smart global entertainment, local communities, and opportunities for engagement and social action, KCETLink depicts people and the world through a lens unavailable elsewhere in U.S. media. A viewer-supported 501(c)(3) organization, KCETLink content is distributed nationally via satellite on Link TV DIRECTV channel 375 and DISH Network channel 9410 and on KCET in Southern and Central California via broadcast and cable, as well as through various digital delivery systems. For additional information about KCET and Link TV productions, web-exclusive content, programming schedules and community events, please visit kcet.org or linktv.org. Select programming from KCET and Link TV is also available for streaming on Hulu, Apple TV, and Roku platforms.
