Ideas in Action with Jim Glassman Debuts
on RIGHTNETWORK
Series Now Available On Demand and on Public
Television Stations Nationwide
Annapolis,
MD - Ideas in Action with Jim
Glassman a co-production of Grace Creek
Media and the George W. Bush Institute, is now available on RIGHTNETWORK an
independently owned media company that launched in September. Ideas in Action has been on the air since February 2010 and is
hosted by veteran journalist and executive director of the Bush Institute,
James K. Glassman.
"This
deal furthers our goal of providing intelligent television programming for
people interested in important ideas and their consequences," said series
executive producer Andrew Walworth. "We want to reach viewers wherever they are
and Video On Demand is a logical and significant component of our multiplatform
distribution model. We look forward to working with RIGHTNETWORK's founder
David Jaget and president Kevin McFeeley."
RIGHTNETWORK's
distribution partners include Verizon, reaching 3.2 million FiOS On Demand customers,
as well as other On Demand television providers such as Blue Ridge and Sky
Angel. Ideas in Action programs are also available at www.rightnetwork.com.
"The
series is uniquely positioned in the marketplace, said RIGHTNETWORK's Kevin
McFeeley. "It's hard to find a program that digs as deeply into the issues of the
day as Ideas in Action. Jim Glassman and his guests really peel away the
layers of some of our most complex domestic and international issues. That's a
great fit for us and our viewers."
Ideas
in Action, is available on more than 200
PBS stations nationwide as well as internationally through the Voice of
America. Funding for the series is provided by Investor's Business Daily and
the Searle Freedom Trust.
The
series is the most recent in a long list of television credits for host Jim
Glassman. Glassman's other credits include hosting the series TechnoPolitics for PBS, MoneyPolitics for WJLA (Washington DC's
ABC affiliate), and Capital Gang Sunday
for CNN. He is also the former publisher of The
New Republic, former President of The
Atlantic Monthly Co., and former co-owner and editor of Roll Call, the newspaper about Capitol
Hill. He was a weekly columnist for The
Washington Post from 1993-2004 and a senior fellow at The American Enterprise
Institute from 1996 to 2008. He served as chairman of the U.S. Broadcasting
Board of Governors, which oversees Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, and
as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. In
September 2009 he was named the founding Executive Director of the George W.
Bush Institute, the think tank that is part of the Bush Presidential Center in
Dallas, which also includes a library and museum.
ABOUT GRACE CREEK
MEDIA (www.gracecreek.com)
Grace Creek Media, Inc. is an
independent production and distribution company based in Annapolis, MD that
specializes in the development, production and distribution of a wide range of
television programming. In
addition to its public affairs portfolio, the company owns and operates Sportskool,
the free, on-demand sports instruction and entertainment network available in
37 million households.
ABOUT THE GEORGE W. BUSH INSTITUTE
The George W. Bush Institute's mission is to
unleash human potential around the world through expanding human freedom,
educational reform, global health, and economic growth. In all its programming,
the institute seeks to empower women and social entrepreneurs as proven agents
of change in society. The Institute is part of the George W. Bush Presidential
Center, which includes the Presidential Library, located on the campus of SMU
in Dallas. For more information, please visit www.georgewbushcenter.com
RIGHTNETWORK (www.rightnetwork.com)
Right On Demand, LLC, d.b.a. RightNetwork is
America's first multi-platform entertainment company with a right-minded
perspective. Available on a worldwide-basis at www.RightNetwork.com, RightNetwork
launched in North America in Summer 2010 and offers a
wide variety of original and acquired entertainment programming. The
network continues to broaden its national roster of multi-system operator (MSO)
agreements, bringing the elusive 18-34, tech-savvy male demographic back to
television and driving demand for additional digital services offered by MSOs.
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