PBS Networks
| Network | Notes |
|---|---|
| PBS Kids Sprout | began September 26, 2005; a commercial cable venture. |
| PBS-HD | HDTV feed to member stations |
| PBS Satellite Service | 24-hour alternate network that provides a mixed variety of programming selected from PBS's regular network service, as well as for carriage on packaged satellite providers |
PBS has spun-off a number of its TV networks, often in partnership with other media companies. PBS YOU was offered until January 2006, and largely succeeded by American Public Television's Create; PBS Kids was replaced with PBS KIDS Sprout at the start of October 2005. PBS World started operations in 2007 as PBS service, but is now managed by American Public Television.
PBS has also restructured its satellite feed system, simplifying PBS-DT2 into an western timeshift feed, rather than a high-definition complement to its formerly primary SD feed. A proposed network, PBS Kids GO! was cancelled in 2006.
Some or all are available on many digital cable systems, on free-to-air (FTA) TV via communications satellites, as well as via direct broadcast satellite. With the transition to terrestrial digital television broadcasts, many are also often now available as "multiplexed" (multicasting) channels on some local stations' standard-definition digital signals, while DT2 is found among the HD signals. PBS Kids announced that they will have an early-morning Miss Lori and Hooper block with four PBS Kids shows usually around 08:00. With the absence of advertising, network identification on these PBS networks were limited to utilization at the end of the program, which includes the standard series of bumpers from the "Be More" campaign.
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