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What kind of funding does public television receive?
How does public television finance their entertainment lineup? Does public TV receive any money other than patron pledges?
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At the end or beginning of most of the PBS shows, they’ll usually list the sponsors and a quick blurb about their business.
According to the PBS site that answers questions from PBS producers, it states:
“Funding for PBS programs comes from a variety of sources - member stations' dues, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, government agencies, foundations, corporations and private citizens.” http://www.pbs.org/producers/funding.html
There is much debate over whether or not the government should fund PBS. Some of the details of that debate can be read about here. http://uncommonsmith.com/FederalFundingofPBS.htm
Even with the help of the government and local businesses, PBS still does the annual telethon. I love the programing on PBS, (especially here in Austin), and the quality of it is far superior to much of the rest of the cable landscape, so why do people turn up their nose at a telethon? Probably because we’ve been used to free public tv and that makes it difficult to shift to the notion of supporting it financially. Here’s an article giving insight into the telethon funding of PBS. http://www.helium.com/items/1179891-pbs-telethons-there-must-be-a-better-way-to-raise-money
According to the PBS site that answers questions from PBS producers, it states:
“Funding for PBS programs comes from a variety of sources - member stations' dues, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, government agencies, foundations, corporations and private citizens.” http://www.pbs.org/producers/funding.html
There is much debate over whether or not the government should fund PBS. Some of the details of that debate can be read about here. http://uncommonsmith.com/FederalFundingofPBS.htm
Even with the help of the government and local businesses, PBS still does the annual telethon. I love the programing on PBS, (especially here in Austin), and the quality of it is far superior to much of the rest of the cable landscape, so why do people turn up their nose at a telethon? Probably because we’ve been used to free public tv and that makes it difficult to shift to the notion of supporting it financially. Here’s an article giving insight into the telethon funding of PBS. http://www.helium.com/items/1179891-pbs-telethons-there-must-be-a-better-way-to-raise-money
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