“The Public Broadcasting System (PBS) has joined the growing list of television networks that makes its shows available for purchase and download through Apple’s iTunes store.
PBS has debuted seven series available for download through iTunes — its beloved children’s animated series Arthur, Cyberchase, Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman, Antiques Roadshow, the esteemed science program Nova, the news show Now, hosted by David Brancaccio, and Scientific American Frontiers, hosted by Alan Alda.
Shows vary in price — most cost $1.99, as do most television programs purchased through the iTunes Store, with the ability to buy all episodes available for purchase as well. Nova, however, costs more — $7.99 per show.“
Source: Macworld
The advantage of downloading shows from iTunes is availability to viewing. Buying an episodes allows you to view it over and over again at your leisure. Hopefully, thanks to the ever growing popularity of iTunes, PBS will earn a profit. More often or not the large donations to PBS are sponsored by large companies with an extensive community relations budget. Now, perhaps, there will be some reaping thanks to iTunes subscribers. My fingers are crossed!
Danielle said
I had no idea that the shows were available from iTunes. Thanks for bringing awareness to this!
Melissa said
That’s a great idea, and hopefully they will make some profit!
Laura said
Reading this made me think of a show I used to watch on PBS back in the day, called Ghostwriter. It was an awesome kids show and I would sooo want to purchase the episodes if they were available.
Elyse Lapre' said
That is so rad! Soon there’s going to be no use for TV’s and movie theaters… we’re all just gonna be sitting in the park or at the mall watching out favorite media!
Rachel H said
I think it’s awesome that you can download shows onto your ipod. It’s good that they’re keeping up with the time. Do you have a list of what shows air on PBS?
-Rachel H
Jessica said
This was a great move by PBS, but how much funding do they need? Can you give us an idea of how much it costs to support them and how much of that has to come out of private/viewer donations?
-Jess
Zachery said
I just got my 2000t and all of my songs are skipping in iTunes, and I cant figure out why. If someone could help me out and tell me how to fix this I would really appreciate it because its driving me crazy. Thanks for the replys.