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PBS
PBS[edit]
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American non-profit public broadcasting television service with 354 member TV stations in the United States. Funding comes from various sources, such as private donations, TV show sponsorship, and government funding. Before PBS was a channel, there was a channel called NET.
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PBS Kids[edit]
PBS Kids (then called PTV Park) is the brand for children's programming aired by PBS in the United States founded in 1993 as PTV, and 1999 as PBS Kids. As with all PBS programming, it's non-commercial.
Arthur made its debut in the U.S. during the children's block on PBS in 1996 and continues to be broadcast daily. It is the second longest-running active children's edutainment show on PBS, behind only Sesame Street.
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The PBS Kids website is the primary online destination for games, activities, videos, and resources for teachers and parents related to most programming aired by PBS Kids. The website has been accessible through the URL pbskids.org since late 1999, though a separate kids section of the main pbs.org domain existed throughout much of the 1990s. Most PBS Kids shows, including Arthur and formerly Postcards from Buster, have their own dedicated companion website.
The PBS Kids Video app is a free video streaming platform in the United States. As of 2024, there is a selection of Arthur episodes that rotate on a monthly basis. The Arthur Podcast and new Arthur shorts are also on-demand.
Stations Arthur is not broadcast on for the daytime block[edit]
- WETA-DT1
- WHUT-DT1
- KCTS-DT1
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PBS KIDS Go![edit]
PBS Kids Go! was a programming block of PBS. It was aimed at 6- to 13-year-olds rather than 2 to 5 years target demographic of PBS Kids.
Arthur was included in the block for its entire existence from 2004 to when the block was dissolved on October 6, 2013. Postcards from Buster was also included during its run from 2004 to 2012.
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A major component of the PBS Kids Go! brand was its online presence at pbskidsgo.org. The website served as a homepage for all of the PBS Kids Go! TV series, and it featured related games and activities from each of the shows. In 2008, the PBS Kids Go! video player streaming platform was released. Video clips from the shows were available for free to stream on-demand, and later, select full episodes became available. This platform eventually evolved into the present-day PBS Kids Video app. When the PBS Kids Go! brand was discontinued in 2013, most existing online games and videos remained on the website, but were either rebranded or redirected to the PBS Kids version of the website.
Trivia[edit]
- Despite PBS Kids Go! being defunct in 2013, the PBS Kids Go! prints of seasons 1 through 14 continued to air on PBS stations until they were repackaged around 2014-2015 with new 2013 PBS Kids design.
- Airings of Arthur episodes from the fifteenth season on PBS still retain the original credits with D.W. encouraging viewers to visit the PBS Kids Go! website. A small number of episodes also still retain bumpers at the end of the show with PBS Kids Go! branding.
- In 2005, PBS announced plans for a 24/7 PBS Kids Go! digital broadcast channel; however, limited interest in local station carriage and relatively high program licensing fees precluded a tentative launch in 2006.
- Although PBS Kids Go! technically was still in use in 2012 when Season 16 of Arthur premiered, the removal of PBS Kids Go! branding and on-screen elements was already underway. As a result, Season 16 made no mention of PBS Kids Go! and was branded under PBS Kids instead.
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