PBS launches online video portal
by Steven Kim 
posted Apr 23rd 2009 at 10:09AM
Between numerous reruns and our DVR, we can't recall the last time we missed a PBS program we wanted. All the same, we won't complain about having another way to soak up content that our pledge dollars help produce, and now PBS has opened up the beta version of its online Video Portal site with full-length versions of some of its programs. There's even some exclusive content -- the first episode of Time Team America is available on the site right now, well in advance of the July broadcast schedule. Sure, we're disappointed that not all the HD pixels made it to the website, but soaking up an episode of NOVA has got to be a better use of your cubicle time than working on your facebook page; not to mention this is another source for boxee to scrape up.
Filed under: Internet, New content
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
glenn s @ Apr 23rd 2009 11:59AM
Boxee has had a PBS plug in for like over a month now. Maybe it was from a different PBS source that this portal. But PBS programs have been available for a while now already. Looks like they just moved all the video content over to a different portal.
bluephx @ Apr 23rd 2009 4:18PM
Where is This Old House PBS!? Crossing my fingers for the future...
Duran Dujam @ Apr 23rd 2009 4:26PM
PBS has also been better than other networks at posting videos. They had shows online far before any other network - I remember watching Frontline online TEN YEARS ago - and they never take old episodes down. The only bad thing was that before now you had to go to each show's individual site.
Tim @ Apr 23rd 2009 6:13PM
If I were one of their local affiliates...I'd be angry. How do you get folks pledge to their local PBS station to keep programs coming..if you're giving them away freely?
philosofaux @ Apr 23rd 2009 6:45PM
Unlike the other networks, these shows have been online for years - WGBH shows like NOVA and Frontline for over a decade.
ohpleaseno @ Apr 24th 2009 12:24PM
New Yankee? Come on!