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Underwriting credit pods must appear at the end of the program and may appear at the beginning. In news and public affairs programs, and in all programs on PBS since 2009, underwriting credits must be included in both places. The end underwriting pod can be either before or after the program's production credits; if an underwriting pod is ...
Funding for public television comes in roughly equal parts from government (at all levels) and the private sector. [ 11 ] Stations that receive CPB funds must meet certain requirements, [ 12 ] such as the maintenance or provision of open meetings, open financial records, a community advisory board, equal employment opportunity, and lists of ...
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 ...
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 ...
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Government Efficiency has been aggressively identifying and eliminating a wide swath of federal spending since President Donald Trump took office.
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 ...
The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 established The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, defined its board and purpose, and appropriated funding. [2] This stemmed from a failed amendment of the Communications Act of 1934 that attempted to reserve 25% of the radio airwaves for educational nonprofit usage and a 1945 decision by the Federal Communications Commission to set aside 20 of 100 FM ...
Bill Nye the Science Guy is an American live action educational comedy television program that originally aired for five seasons from 1993 to 1998 on PBS Kids and was syndicated to local stations. [1] [2] [3] Hosted by science educator Bill Nye, the show was produced by Buena Vista Television and KCTS-TV of Seattle. [3]