Public Broadcasting Service

Public Broadcasting Service

https://www.pbs.org
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Public Broadcasting Service, also known as PBS, is a non-profit organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1969, the company operates with approximately 2,380 employees and reported $105.1 million in revenue as of 2023. As a tier 1 media tech buyer, the company functions as an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network, specializing in broadcast television and radio. It serves as a provider of educational programs to public television stations throughout the United States, distributing shows such as Nature, Nova, Frontline, PBS News Hour, Washington Week, Masterpiece, American Experience, and children's programs including Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Sesame Street, Barney & Friends, Arthur, Curious George, and The Magic School Bus. Certain stations also provide spillover service to Canada.

2023 Revenue

Founded

1969

Headcount

3,035

Headquarters

United States

Primary Segment

Broadcast television and radio

Ownership

Non-profit

News Summary:

On August 19, 2026, PBS appointed new leadership within its revamped Technology department, naming Hanif Khalid as Vice President of Data Products & Platforms and Matt Norton as Vice President. Khalid will lead a newly unified data management team, overseeing data privacy, metadata governance and management, and data engineering and services. Previously, on August 14, 2026, PBS Chief Paula Kerger addressed the challenges of her 20-year tenure, including the ongoing federal funding fight following a prior executive order from President Donald Trump to block funding due to accusations of organizational bias. Earlier, on August 13, 2026, the PBS app became available for streaming on LG Smart TVs, accessible through the LG app store for most 2022 and newer models running webOS 23 or higher.

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Public Broadcasting Service offers 4 products in the media and telecoms services industry. Public Broadcasting Service's product portfolio comprises of broadcast television and radio and media and TV services.

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Public Broadcasting Service's revenues were less than $250M in 2023. Caretta Research has split Public Broadcasting Service's revenue into 3 different product categories, the largest of which is linear (thematic channel groups). For full access to Public Broadcasting Service's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.

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Aug

24th

2026

02:28

B2B Tag, Legal Issues and Lawsuits

PBS getting ghosted by a cloud storage provider makes me terrified I'll lose all my creative work too

Confession time: I once lost three months of photos to a memory card that got corrupted. Obviously, I should have backed them up somewhere else, or at the very least printed them out. It was my fault, and I'm not in any way looking for sympathy.

Aug

24th

2026

02:28

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag, Legal Issues and Lawsuits

PBS getting ghosted by a cloud storage provider makes me terrified I'll lose all my creative work too

Confession time: I once lost three months of photos to a memory card that got corrupted. Obviously, I should have backed them up somewhere else, or at the very least printed them out. It was my fault, and I'm not in any way looking for sympathy.

Aug

19th

2026

06:30

Management Changes, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag, Management Changes

PBS Names Hanif Khalid and Matt Norton as Vice Presidents of PBS Technology

PBS announced the promotion of new leadership for the organization’s revamped Technology department. Hanif Khalid has been named Vice President of Data Products & Platforms. He will lead PBS Technology’s newly unified data management team, responsible for data privacy; metadata governance and management; and data engineering and services.

Aug

14th

2026

11:50

Funding Activities, B2B Tag, Funding, Regulations and Policies

PBS Chief Paula Kerger on Funding Fight, Public Support, and the Road Ahead

Paula Kerger is navigating arguably the most challenging period of her 20-year tenure at the helm of the Public Broadcasting Service, which serves more than 330 member stations across the United States. Last spring, President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for all federal funding to PBS and NPR to be blocked, accusing the organizations of bias.

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Aug

13th

2026

06:30

New Offerings, Partnerships and Alliances, B2B Tag, Partnerships, New Offerings

PBS APP NOW STREAMING ON LG SMART TVs

Arlington, VA, Aug. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- News Summary: The PBS app is available now from the LG app store on most 2022 and newer LG Smart TVs running webOS 23 or higher. Learn more at pbs.org/pbs-app.

Aug

11th

2026

17:14

Cost Cutting, Funding Activities, B2B Tag, Legal Issues and Lawsuits, Cost Cutting, Funding

PBS Chief Paula Kerger on the Aftermath of Federal Funding Cuts—and What People Get Wrong About Public Media

Paula Kerger is navigating arguably the most challenging period of her 20-year tenure at the helm of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), which has more than 330 member stations. Last spring, President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for all federal funding to PBS and NPR to be blocked, accusing the organizations of bias.

Jul

26th

2026

06:30

Funding Activities, Layoffs, B2B Tag, Legal Issues and Lawsuits, Layoffs, Funding

Rage-giving, innovation and cuts: How public media has survived without federal funds

A year ago, President Trump drove a conservative backlash against NPR and PBS straight to Capitol Hill, where Congress stripped public radio and television stations of nearly all federal funding. When his signature turned that bill into law, Trump ended nearly six decades of bipartisan support for funding public media.

Jul

26th

2026

06:30

Funding Activities, Layoffs, B2B Tag, Legal Issues and Lawsuits, Layoffs, Funding

Rage-giving, innovation and cuts: How public media has survived without federal funds

A year ago, President Trump drove a conservative backlash against NPR and PBS straight to Capitol Hill, where Congress stripped public radio and television stations of nearly all federal funding. When his signature turned that bill into law, Trump ended nearly six decades of bipartisan support for funding public media.

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Jul

26th

2026

06:30

Funding Activities, Layoffs, B2B Tag, Legal Issues and Lawsuits, Layoffs, Funding

Rage-giving, innovation and cuts: How public media has survived without federal funds

A year ago, President Trump drove a conservative backlash against NPR and PBS straight to Capitol Hill, where Congress stripped public radio and television stations of nearly all federal funding. When his signature turned that bill into law, Trump ended nearly six decades of bipartisan support for funding public media.

Jul

25th

2026

11:40

Capital Investment, Partnerships and Alliances, Funding Activities, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag, Funding, Investments, Partnerships

# The PBS Paradox: How a Fiscal Conservative Accidentally Bought the Free Internet Into Existence

# The PBS Paradox: How a Fiscal Conservative Accidentally Bought the Free Internet Into Existence **Concept and Historical Thesis by:** Richard John Fox **Drafted by:** Gemini Advanced In the standard mythology of Silicon Valley, world-changing technology is born in a garage, fueled by raw free-market capitalism and libertarian engineering.

Jul

22nd

2026

15:51

Funding Activities, Layoffs, B2B Tag, Layoffs, Funding

In South Dakota, public media endures a year after federal funding was wiped out

JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Republican backlash against NPR and PBS erupted in Washington a year ago. President Trump pushed for and signed a law pulling back more than a billion dollars already approved for public media. And just like that, six decades of bipartisan support and funding were gone.

Jul

13th

2026

03:37

New PBS station in the works to join Panhandle airwaves soon

A local Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) may be returning to Pensacola and Northwest Florida. Described as a community-supported public broadcaster , Emerald Coast PBS announced on its website, EmeraldCoastPBS.org , that it is coming soon. Local organizers declined to speak to the Pensacola News Journal about the station.

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