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>"Historically, less than 10 percent of the funding for “Sesame Street” episodes came from PBS, with the rest financed through licensing revenue, such as DVD sa
by intopieces 11y ago
>"Historically, less than 10 percent of the funding for “Sesame Street” episodes came from PBS, with the rest financed through licensing revenue, such as DVD sales.
So this does change the relationship with PBS. But instead of PBS using their limited funding to make up for the decline in licensing income (90% of which came from other sources to begin with), it seems like they'll still get to air Sesame Street and Sesame Street will have a more significant source of funding.
- justizin 11y agoYeah, but I'm worried that current-events based shows that feature public figures like the First Lady will be delayed to lower income households. The kids won't really care, but it makes Sesame Street less of a bullhorn, because going on Sesame street next week only gets you into the homes of HBO subscribers. Maybe with the 'differently edited' previous shows they'll be rotating through PBS, they'll address this. It sounds like a decision come to out of desperation. :/