Banff 2019: Local wins for PBS (that, and Big Bird, and Downton)

By Bill Roberts

BANFF – PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger is regularly included in Hollywood Reporter’s annual “Women in Entertainment Power 100” and has won accolades and awards for leadership and achievement throughout the U.S.Not the least of her achievements since she took over PBS in 2006, has been moving the network from 14th most-watched to sixth most-watched in the course of a decade.Kerger was part of the Banff World Media Festival Summit Series, and her session was moderated by Michael Schneider, senior editor, TV Awards, for Variety.She opened with a confession on her travels as CEO, noting “ I’ve never been...