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Wow only 60 USD/year! They're practically giving this publically-funded resource away!

by balt_s 8y ago

1123581321 7y ago
PBS is only about half funded by public sources. Apologies if I misread your comment.
vel0city 7y ago
As the other commentator has stated, the vast majority revenue for PBS is by member contributions, donations of broadcast rights, and distribution fees. In 2018, members gave $197,552,000 while public grants and contributions were $105,336,000. A quick look at their revenues suggests that public grants and contributions only make up ~16% of revenues for PBS. Without asking for $60/year for Passport (which you also get if you're a member) they wouldn't be able to do most of what they do. https://bento.cdn.pbs.org/hostedbento-prod/filer_public/PBS_About/Files%20and%20Thumbnails/Finances/PBS%20Consolidated%20FS%202018.pdf https://bento.cdn.pbs.org/hostedbento-prod/filer_public/PBS_...