PBS International is the worldwide co-production and distribution arm of PBS Distribution, a leading distributor of public media content around the world, reaching audiences through multiple platforms and formats. The company operates six streaming channels —PBS MASTERPIECE (US, CAN), PBS KIDS, PBS LIVING, PBS DOCUMENTARIES, and PBS America (U.K.). Other services include transactional video-on-demand, subscription video-on-demand licensing, physical products on DVD and Blu-ray, theatrical releasing, educational, non-theatrical, inflight, and international program sales and co-productions.
PBS International offers the highest quality factual and children’s programming including films from Ken Burns, entertaining and educational PBS KIDS series, and award-winning documentaries from NOVA, FRONTLINE, AMERICAN MASTERS, NATURE, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, and many independent producers.
We highly value our relationship with our clients and believe that the great breadth and depth of our capabilities, and our robust catalog of high-caliber programs, enables us to provide our producers and media partners with the best possible service.
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Responsible for International Program Sales.
jfbarrett@pbs.orgResponsible for managing and overseeing the licensing of PBS International content worldwide.
jtkoch@pbs.orgResponsible for managing co-production partnerships and presales of PBS International content worldwide.
gsweet@pbs.orgResponsible for managing the licensing of PBS International content to partners in the United States, United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Africa.
bkleblanc@pbs.orgResponsible for overseeing and managing the acquisitions process.
tabeckett@pbs.orgResponsible for managing the licensing of PBS International content to partners in Asia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Iberia, and the Middle East.
agalvord@pbs.orgResponsible for managing the licensing of PBS International content to partners in France, Switzerland, Greece, Turkey, Oceania, Canada, Latin America and for Inflight.
nbchurch@pbs.orgResponsible for coordinating technical deliveries to clients and managing international collections.
dbdeslauriers@pbs.orgResponsible for managing collection of international technical materials.
jcmckay@pbs.orgResponsible for managing the licensing of PBS KIDS content to partners worldwide.
jshata@pbs.orgPBS International licenses programs produced by independent producers and public television organizations from around the world. Our objective is to maximize exposure and income for series or single programs through broadcast and non-broadcast entities around the globe. PBS International plays a major role in co-production financing and pre-sales.
Our experience selling high-end programs and mini-series has given us an extensive network of connections to all of the major documentary buyers for worldwide. Media buyers look to PBS International for a continuous supply of hard-to-get, high-quality, programs.
If you have a film, either completed or in production with funding attached, and are looking for a distributor, please submit it to Tracy Beckett, Director of Program and Media Acquisitions. Your submission must include a link to the film or trailer, a detailed treatment, budget, and finance plan, if applicable.
Please note that PBS International does not license programs for PBS broadcast in the United States or the United Kingdom. Please refer to pbs.org/producing/proposal/ for instructions and forms to submit a proposal or a completed program, including children’s programs to PBS.
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