Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Dispute leaves Detroit School of Arts TV studio idle | detnews.com | The Detroit News


Dispute leaves Detroit School of Arts TV studio idle detnews.com The Detroit News:

"Inside the Detroit School of Arts, students have big dreams to make movies, deliver hard-hitting broadcast news and star in their own talk shows.

But a contract dispute between Detroit schools and Detroit Public Television has kept the professional TV studios and equipment out of the hands of the students at the gleaming, six-story $122 million school that opened downtown four years ago.

Now, both sides have agreed to end the 10-year contract, freeing up opportunities for Michigan's burgeoning film industry and for students to learn from professionals, according to district spokesman Steve Wasko."