PBS, well known for its local news stations and wide assortment of public programming, will soon be a part of the Prime Video ecosystem.Amazonand PBS haveannounceda partnership that will bring content from the American public broadcasting service toPrime Videofor free.
More than 150 local PBS stations and the PBS KIDS channel will launch ad-free on the service as a FAST channel on Prime Video. This is the first time PBS has ever made its collection of programming available on a major streaming service for free. The channels will launch “over the coming months.”
“This launch marks a significant milestone for PBS in delivering a curated lineup of its high-quality programming from member stations to a broader FAST audience, particularly at a time when two in three U.S. viewers use a FAST platform,” PBS said in apress release.
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