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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 ...
Office supply retailing is the commercial trade of stationery and other office supplies. An office supply retailer , stationer , stationery retailer or business solutions retailer sells things typically found in an office or classroom, such as computers , monitors , printers , paper writing instruments , books , desks , office chairs and lamps ...
Portable Batch System (or simply PBS) is the name of computer software that performs job scheduling. Its primary task is to allocate computational tasks, i.e., batch jobs, among the available computing resources. It is often used in conjunction with UNIX cluster environments.
PBS and CPB rules permit underwriting commercial use for broadcast stations with certain speech limits that are only required of broadcast stations because of the nature of the non-profit license. Channels that run non-commercial formats on cable television or direct broadcast satellite television tend not to use underwriting spots, as they can ...
Official PBS Distribution − PBSd website; Bill Reed papers, at the University of Maryland libraries. Reed was one of the creators of PBS Video, and his papers contain documents on video and home video unit of the network. Robert M. Reed papers, at the University of Maryland libraries. Reed was the executive director of PBS Video from 1969-1976.
Public Broadcasting Act of 1967; Long title: An Act to amend the Communications Act of 1934 by extending and improving the provisions thereof relating to grants for construction of educational television broadcasting facilities, by authorizing assistance in the construction of non-commercial educational radio broadcasting facilities, by establishing a nonprofit corporation to assist in ...
NET ceased to operate as a network from that point, although some NET-branded programming, such as NET Journal and NET Playhouse remained part of the PBS schedule (now produced by WNET) until the brand was retired 2 years later. Some of the programs that began their runs on NET, such as Washington Week and Sesame Street, continue to air on PBS ...