The Public Broadcasting Service And The Commercialization Of Children's Programming
The Public Broadcasting Service and The Commercialization of Children's Programming
By Rachel Wynn
Rachel
November 28 2005
Mass Media
Media Issue Paper
The Public Broadcasting Service and The Commercialization of Children's Programming
Public broadcasting has a special place in television history. Founded in 1969 its goal was to bring quality programming to a mass audience. PBS has its headquarters in Alexandria Virginia and is owned and run by the 349 national public broadcasting stations. As a public broadcasting station it is completely non-profit and is supported not by advertising, but by donations given by the viewers. PBS reaches 99 percent of American homes that have televisions. Aside from being on television PBS is also branching out to other multi media recourses, such as the Internet. Using the Internet has allowed PBS and their member stations reach approximately 90 million viewers per week.
The Public Broadcasting Service has been a leader in......
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