Educational television
Television programs developed for use in education
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| April 23 2024 | The 'PBS Retro' channel was added to Roku's live TV channel lineup in the United States, featuring PBS Kids shows from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. |
| 2021 | PBS continues to broadcast Peanuts specials under sublicense from Apple. |
| 2021 | PBS received 14 News & Documentary Emmy Award nominations, more than any other organization, highlighting the network's significant achievement in television programming. |
| July 1 2021 | PBS Julia Child channel was added to Pluto TV in the United States. |
| January 2021 | Michael Beller, PBS's chief attorney, resigned after being recorded suggesting re-education camps for children of Trump supporters. |
| 2020 | PBS serves as the over-the-air home to select Peanuts specials under sublicense from Apple. |
| September 3 2020 | PBS began offering a free livestream of member stations via its website, smart TVs, and mobile apps. |
| March 1 2020 | MHz Networks announced the discontinuation of MHz Worldview, leading many PBS stations to switch to World Channel and First Nations Experience. |
| 2019 | KCET returned to the PBS network after its previous departure in 2011. |
| November 4 2019 | PBS unveiled a revamped brand identity by Lippincott for its 50th anniversary, including a tweaked Geismar logo, a new custom sans-serif typeface called PBS Sans, and adopting electric blue and white as corporate colors. |
| July 29 2019 | PBS announced that YouTube TV would begin carrying PBS programming and member stations in the fall of 2019. |
| May 22 2019 | PBS Distribution partnered with MultiChoice to launch PBS Kids on DStv and GOtv platforms across Sub-Saharan Africa. |
| January 16 2017 | A revived version of the PBS Kids Channel is launched. |
| July 1 2016 | Amazon Prime Video and PBS Distribution entered a multi-year agreement to move several PBS Kids series to Amazon Prime Video. |
| May 8 2013 | PBS made full-length episodes of prime time, news, and children's programs available on the Roku streaming player. |
| 2012 | PBS begins organizing prime time programming around a genre-based schedule, with specific genres featured on different days of the week. |
| July 4 2012 | PBS UK was renamed 'PBS America' to better identify its subject matter. |
| November 1 2011 | PBS UK was launched as a paid subscription channel in the United Kingdom, featuring American documentary programming. |
| May 2011 | PBS announced incorporation of underwriter spots and program breaks within episodes of Nature and NOVA, changing their traditional programming format. |
| January 2011 | KCET, a Los Angeles PBS member station, left the PBS network after over 40 years of membership due to unresolvable financial and programming disputes. |
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