Local Independents Collaborating With Stations (LINCS). Diversity Development Fund Summary:

• ITVS fund, distribute and promote new programs primarily for public television.
• ITVS works with independent producers to create and present programs that take creative risks, advance issues and represent points of view not usually seen on public or commercial television.
• ITVS is committed to programming that addresses the needs of underserved and underrepresented audiences.
• ITVS looks for programs that bring new audiences to public television and that expand civic participation by bringing diverse voices into the public sphere.