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Not in the same way. PBS never plays commercials and actually takes several days off each year to ask people to donate money so that they can continue broadcas
by jasonkester 16y ago
Not in the same way. PBS never plays commercials and actually takes several days off each year to ask people to donate money so that they can continue broadcasting.
It genuinely is supported by individual donations. Showing their programs to a wider audience could only result in more people donating to them.
- Bud 16y agoYou've market-tested this approach to fund-raising for a non-profit, then, I assume?
- ugh 16y agoHow much more does it cost them to make their content available worldwide? Couldn’t they upload everything to YouTube and let Google foot the bill? (Which Google would gladly do.) I don’t know whether more people would donate if they made their content available worldwide but if such a move wouldn’t cost them anything or nearly nothing there certainly wouldn’t be any harm in doing so.
- metageek 16y agoMmm. They could try it; but the only shows for which it would be easy to try it would be those for which they own the copyright. I don't know whether that would be a representative sample.
- ajays 16y ago"PBS never plays commercials..." Have you watched KQED (PBS affiliate in the Bay Area) recently? It's filled with commercials! HHMI, Subaru, etc. Not just static images; video commercials, just like you see in other channels. I wonder what sets PBS apart now (except for the pledge drive) ?