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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting was created on November 7, 1967, when U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967.The new organization initially collaborated with the National Educational Television network—which would be replaced by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
PBS also works with other networks for programming such as CNN International for Amanpour & Company which is a co-production of CNN International and WNET. PBS member stations are known for rebroadcasting British television costume dramas, comedies and science fiction programs (acquired from the BBC and other sources) such as Downton Abbey ...
Friedman also co-authored a book with his wife Rose Friedman based on the television series, also called Free to Choose. The book spent 5 weeks at the top of the New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers List in 1980. It was in the context of producing the series that Chitester first organized Amagin, Inc., which ultimately became Free to Choose ...
PBS and American Public Television (formerly Eastern Educational Television Network) distribute television programs to a nationwide system of independently owned and operated television stations (some having the term "PBS" in their branding) supported largely by state and federal governments as well as viewer support (including from pledge ...
The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 (47 U.S.C. § 396) issued the congressional corporate charter for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a private nonprofit corporation funded by taxpayers to disburse grants to public broadcasters in the United States, [1] and eventually established the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National ...
ITVS was established through legislation by the United States Congress in 1988, [5] [6] “to expand the diversity and innovativeness of programming available to public broadcasting,” [7] and began funding new programming via production licensing agreements [8] in 1990. From 2005-2010, it expanded its reach through the creation of the Global ...
A Force More Powerful is a 1999 feature-length documentary film and a 2000 PBS series written and directed by Steve York about nonviolent resistance movements around the world. Executive producers were Dalton Delan and Jack DuVall. [1] [2] Peter Ackerman was the series editor and principal content advisor.
PBS Digital Studios is a non-profit organization through which PBS distributes original educational web video content. Based in Arlington, Virginia, it comprises both original series and partnerships with existing YouTube channels. Most of the series are about science, popular culture, art, food, news, and music.