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| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | United Kingdom, Ireland, Switzerland, Australia, Europe and New Zealand |
| Headquarters | London, England |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Timeshift service | PBS America +1 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | PBS UK LLC[1] |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 November 2011 |
| Former names | PBS UK (until 2012) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview | Channel 84[2] |
| Streaming media | |
| My5 | www |
PBS America is a British free-to-air television channel derived from PBS, an American public television broadcaster similar to the BBC and Channel 4. It is a joint venture between entrepreneur David Lyons and PBS Distribution, itself a joint venture of PBS and the WGBH Educational Foundation, which owns the international rights to the bulk of PBS's output.[3]
PBS America operates much like BBC Studios, a profit-making enterprise managed separately from the main non-profit, publicly financed arm, that will ideally generate money for its owner.[4] It is provided by pay-television operators as part of their channel packages and carries advertising. Unlike PBS in the United States it does not solicit donations from viewers.
- ^ "Television Broadcast Licensing Update July 2011". Ofcom. Archived from the original on 21 September 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- ^ "TV Guide". Freeview. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "PBS UK launching in November". Realscreen. 11 August 2011.
- ^ "PBS Venture to Show 'Nova,' 'Frontline' in U.K. Broadcast Debut on Nov. 1". Bloomberg L.P. 4 October 2011.