public television

American  

noun

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

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public television

And in January 1973, she began racing to develop a college-level English composition course that the school had proposed she teach on local public television.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

They will travel from near the Moncloa Palace, the prime minister's official residence, to Cibeles Square, the central government's representative in Madrid, Francisco Martin, told Spanish public television.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

Hungary's main public television channel has halted news broadcasts, while a state-run radio station has been suspended altogether, in a bid to make its media "independent and trustworthy".

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

The film will air on public television stations beginning Wednesday through June 9, with PBS SoCal airing it on June 8 and 9, and it will be available on digital platforms June 10.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

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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