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WGBH International and PBS merge distribs

WGBH International's director Tom Koch has a lot to talk about right now. First and foremost is the announcement that WGBH Enterprises and PBS are merging to form a joint international distribution partnership. Koch says the idea behind this move is simple: 'PBS is both our largest funder and, oddly enough, has become one of our hardest competitors, and vice versa. We realized this made no sense given the new age of distribution of video, principally with digital distribution.'
October 1, 2007

WGBH International's director Tom Koch has a lot to talk about right now. First and foremost is the announcement that WGBH Enterprises and PBS are merging to form a joint international distribution partnership. Koch says the idea behind this move is simple: 'PBS is both our largest funder and, oddly enough, has become one of our hardest competitors, and vice versa. We realized this made no sense given the new age of distribution of video, principally with digital distribution.'

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