PBS: An Introduction to Securing Broadcasts & Sponsors

One of the best-kept film fundraising secrets is securing a PBS broadcast and bringing on underwriters to sponsor it. If you make the most of your PBS broadcast and underwriters, you benefit in a few key ways:


• Audience: You'll reach a large national audience. Filmmakers we advise typically reach between 1.5 and 3 million viewers over the course of their broadcast deal with PBS

• Partnerships: you'll have a powerful and appealing new way to capture the attention of potential partners and to monetize partnerships
• Revenue: like almost nothing else in distribution, you can raise a significant amount of revenue for your film, and you keep 100% of it. No distributors taking a cut.

Filmmakers we've advised have raised over $5 million to support their films from companies and foundations in exchange for recognition for their PBS broadcast (“This program was brought to you by…”). In this video lesson, we will cover the basic steps to secure a PBS broadcast and bring underwriters on board to sponsor it.