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Beyond The Box (formerly Buzzwords) is the Independent Television Service's semi-annual magazine containing feature articles, funding guidelines and applications, upcoming broadcasts and other useful information for independent filmmakers, public television stations and audiences.

Current Features

image from Open Outcry * Understanding the PBS Greenlight Process

Will there be room on the public television schedule for the next great documentary?

A journalist takes a look at how independent films get on the national schedule - and why.

The appointment of Pat Mitchell as PBS president in February 2000 had many indies singing 'Hallelujah.' Here was a television executive who said she was a producer at heart ...




* From the Executive Director
Sally Jo Fifer explains how unprecedented changes and challenges in public media require independent producers' active participation in the PTV system - now more than ever.
Sally Jo Fifer

* Accolades
We're celebrating a decade of change TV with a whopping six programs at the Sundance Film Festival, a national Emmy Award, retrospectives across the country and more.
receiving an award

* Readers and Panelists
Who are the esteemed readers and panelists who evaluated thousands of Open Call proposals over the past few years? Find out.
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