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

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

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

Struggling with headaches and insomnia, she found her voice on public television, and created a daily ritual for millions of stay-at-home moms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 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