AMERICAN PUBLIC TELEVISION BOLSTERS MANAGEMENT TEAM WITH NEW TECHNICAL HIRE

Former WGBH Boston Operations Manager Gerry Field joins leading public television distribution firm as vice president of technology and distribution services

BOSTON, November 14, 2007 — American Public Television (APT), a leading distributor of programming to the nation's public television stations, has announced the hire of Gerry Field as vice president of technology and distribution services.

In his new position, Field will implement new technical strategies to efficiently deliver APT's extensive program catalog to more than 355 public television stations nationwide. In addition, he will oversee the IT and distribution services departments, merging their responsibilities to carry out APT's traditional and digital media objectives.

"We are thrilled to have Gerry join the senior management team at this critical moment in the media industry," said Cynthia Fenneman, APT's president and CEO. "His depth of experience in television, specifically in technical operations and program distribution, will be a valuable asset to our company as we keep pace with the rapidly changing environment of the 21st-century digital media era."

Field has more than 20 years of production and engineering project management experience in broadcast, cable television, broadband, and distance learning. For many years, he was operations manager for WGBH Boston's Media Access Group/Descriptive Video Service and a project director with WGBH's National Center for Accessible Media. In addition, Field has experience managing streaming video and audio technologies, including high-definition and IP multicast systems, most recently as a consultant for Dr. Robert Ballard's Institute for Exploration. He is a frequent contributor to technical standards organizations, and has expertise on program accessibility issues such as closed captioning, video description and regulatory compliance.

Field attended the University of Chicago and holds a Masters in Education from Antioch University. He was named a Laureate in the 2000 Computerworld-Smithsonian Awards program.

About American Public Television
For 46 years, American Public Television (APT) has been a prime source of programming for the nation's public television stations. APT distributes more than 300 new program titles per year and has 10,000 hours of programming in its library. It is responsible for many public television milestones including the first HD series and the 2006 launch of the Create channel featuring the best of public television's lifestyle programming. APT is known for its leadership in identifying innovative, worthwhile and viewer-friendly programming. It has established a tradition of providing public television stations with program choices that strengthen and customize their schedules such as Winged Migration, Battlefield Britain, Globe Trekker, Rick Steves' Europe, Great Museums, Jacques Pépin: Fast Food My Way, America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated, Broadway: The Golden Age, Lidia's Family Table, California Dreamin' – The Songs of The Mamas & the Papas, Rosemary and Thyme, P. Allen Smith's Garden Home, The Big Comfy Couch, Monarchy, and other prominent documentaries, dramatic series, how-to programs and classic movies. For more information about APT's programs and services, visit APTonline.org.