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| Company type | Joint venture |
| Industry | Public TV |
| Founded | September 7, 1977 in New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Headquarters | , |
| Owners | PBS WGBH Educational Foundation |
| Divisions | PBS International PBS America (JV) |
| Website | www |
PBS Distribution (PBSd), formerly known as PBS Ventures, PBS Home Video, and Public Media Distribution,[2][3] is the home distribution unit of American television network PBS. The company manages streaming channels, video on demand releases, and sells home videos of PBS series and movies and PBS Kids series in various formats, as well as programming from other public television distributors such as American Public Television and the National Educational Telecommunications Association.[4]
It is jointly owned by the Public Broadcasting Service and the WGBH Educational Foundation. PBSd manages the PBS Masterpiece channel on Amazon's Prime Video Channels.[5]
It is currently distributing PBS programs and movies on DVD and Blu-ray (through its distribution partnership with Studio Distribution Services), digital downloads, and streaming media and PBS Kids programs on DVD and digital downloads.[4][6] In 2017 independent films produced by PBSd were added for theatrical distribution and home video releases.[7]
- ^ PBS Distribution OFfices, Contact us page
- ^ Sefton, Dru (May 26, 2017). "NETA's Hinton sets retirement, PBS picks CFO, and other comings and goings". Current. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
- ^ "Tom Tardivo, CFO and Treasurer". pbs.org. Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
- ^ a b PBS Distribution (PBSd) . accessed April 16, 2017.
- ^ Sefton, Dru (March 21, 2018). "PBS Distribution brings Brit drama 'Jamestown' to Passport, Amazon viewers first". Current. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
- ^ shopPBS
- ^ PBS.org: "PBS & PBS Distribution Announce Plans to Expand Theatrical Distribution Efforts for Independent Film"; January 19, 2017. accessed April 16, 2017.