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public television

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noun

  1. a type of noncommercial, usually educational, television programming funded by the government, grants, viewers, and corporations.


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It’s a public television mainstay that plays well with niche audiences too, as Twitch discovered when a nine-day marathon in 2015 proved to be enormously popular.

From Salon • May 2, 2026

Ms. Littman, who got her start in public television, needs none of that.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Polish public television TVP said 15 people have died in mines this year.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

The Corp. for Public Broadcasting helps support more than 1,500 local public television and radio stations nationwide.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025

But it’s not all that useful for, say, a group of people trying to spark a literacy epidemic with a small budget and one hour of programming on public television.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

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