public television

NOUN

not-for-profit television

Synonyms

WEAK

PTV educational television noncommercial television public TV

Example Sentences

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One of her regular students, Merle Goorian, was the wife of a public television producer, Len Goorian, and pitched him the idea for a show.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The sector, which previously accounted for nearly three percent of GDP, now accounts for only one percent, Mali Tourism Minister Mamou Daffe said in July on public television.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

For a long time public television was the sole entry port for British shows, and it still waves that Union Jack.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

A trio of Bob Ross paintings sold for more than $600,000 in a Los Angeles charity auction Monday to help support public television programming that is struggling after government funding was slashed.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

But it’s not all that useful for, say, a group of people trying to spark a literacy epidemic with a small budget and one hour of programming on public television.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell