PBS

Public TV network changes name, will drop network programming after losing $2.5 million in federal funding this year

The effort promotes sustainable, public interest journalism in communities where local news organizations have been hit hard by financial pressures

CentralCast expects revenues to surpass $6 million by 2027

AWS’ managed generative AI service Amazon Bedrock allowed them to catalog and tag more than 700,000 assets in less than six months

With CPB now shuttered, APTS asks Congress to restore funding

Federal and state funding cuts meant that WNET was unable to reach an agreement to continue managing the operation after June 30 of 2026

News follows PBS’ decision in August to reduce its budget by 21% amid the loss of Federal funding

The reductions were caused by the elimination of Federal funding and the upcoming shutdown of the Corporation of Public Broadcasting

Committee left CPB out of a fiscal 2026 spending bill markup

PBS, NPR stations fear loss of local TV, radio stations in rural areas