The new organization initially collaborated with the National Educational Television network—which would be replaced by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Unlike PBS, NPR produces and distributes programming.

The subscription rate for the PBS Documentaries Prime Video Channel is $3.99/month with an Amazon Prime or Prime Video subscription via Prime Video Channels and is available in the US only. Every purchase helps support public television for all.

1. SEARCH. First, return to your Smart TV’s Home menu by selecting the Home button on your remote.
2. INSTALL. An option to “Install” the app will appear in the center of the screen.
3. ACTIVATE. When you first open the PBS Video app, you will receive an alphanumeric code to activate the app at pbs.org/activate.

CPB is a private nonprofit corporation created and funded by the federal government and is the steward of federal funding for public media. PBS is a private, nonprofit media enterprise owned by its member public television stations.

It differs from other non-profit membership media organizations such as Associated Press, in that it was established by an act of Congress, and most of its member stations are owned by government entities (often public universities).

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If you have a Netflix subscription, you’ve already got access to hundreds of hours of PBS content, such as The Great British Baking Show, Prohibition by Ken Burns, and Vikings Unearthed.

The antenna may have difficulty picking up your favorite stations over the air for several reasons. The causes mostly come down to the basic idea that the signals reaching the device aren’t strong enough. You may be too far from the broadcast location, or something physically blocks the signals.

Now, the only way to receive free, over-the-air television is with a TV set equipped with an antenna and either a digital tuner or a digital converter box. If you’re ready for DTV but are still having trouble receiving your local PBS station, we recommend you contact them directly for help.

PBS has no central news or program department, so availability of certain programs on stations will vary. Certain programs seem to always be available on most stations, and include shows like children’s programs Sesame Street, and Arthur, and evening programs like Nature, and Masterpiece.

PBS Video is an Apple TV app that allows users to access the full PBS catalog of shows and news.

Public broadcasting is sometimes also referred to as public media, in an effort to capture the expansion of public broadcasting content from radio and television into digital technologies, in particular the web and mobile platforms. While some consider public media to be analogous to public broadcasting,…

The Public Broadcasting System (PBS), is a nationwide network of television (see entry under 1940s—TV and Radio in volume 3) stations producing television programs dedicated to education, the arts, and culture.