Category: pbs

Amazon is offering free access to kid-friendly Prime Video content

[ad_1] Prime Video comes with Amazon Prime, which costs $12.99 per month. If you don’t want a Prime membership, you can opt to just subscribe to Prime Video for $8.99 per month. It seems likely that this free offer is meant to serve not only as a much-need boredom killer, but also as a way […]

‘Frontline’ documentary tackles Jeff Bezos and the ‘Amazon Empire’

[ad_1] The two-hour film touches on various facets of Amazon’s vast empire, from Alexa and its massively successful Amazon Web Services cloud division through to entertainment on Prime Video and its bricks-and-mortar retail exploits such as Whole Foods. Twitch is perhaps the most prominent division that doesn’t really come under the spotlight. The filmmakers devote […]

PBS is now available on YouTube TV

[ad_1] This is helpful if you thrive on Masterpiece performances or (older) Sesame Street episodes, but it also fills an important gap in YouTube TV’s lineup. You now have public television without turning to PBS’ own sites and apps, or relying on over-the-air broadcasts — it’s more like conventional TV service, just without some of […]

YouTube TV will carry PBS and PBS Kids

[ad_1] In a press release, PBS said this partnership is an important step toward expanding its digital footprint. “Our goal is to reach as many Americans as possible with content that educates, inspires and entertains,” said PBS Chief Digital and Marketing Officer Ira Rubenstein. “As a broadcaster that is rooted in communities, we appreciate YouTube’s […]

PBS celebrates the lunar landing’s anniversary with a space miniseries

[ad_1] Each episode will tackle developments in space exploration, astronomy and astrophysics. The first one, for instance, will take a look at how the Gemini Observatory was able to detect an ancient quasar, which is the farthest object we’ve ever seen. Another episode examines how scientists were able to capture the first image of a […]