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Encyclopedia > PBS (disambiguation)

PBS can mean:

  • Public Broadcasting Service, an American television network
  • Public Broadcasting Services, a broadcaster in Malta (unrelated to the U.S. broadcaster)
  • PBSBiH, Public Broadcasting Service of Bosnia and Herzegovina (unrelated to the U.S. or Maltese broadcasters)
  • PBS A/S, a Danish company specializing in electronic payment systems [1]
  • Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, an Australian Federal Government subsidy for essential prescription drugs
  • Phosphate buffered saline, a non-toxic, isotonic buffer used in cell science.
  • lead sulfide, chemical abbreviation: PbS
  • Portable Batch System, a computer system that allocates network resources to batch jobs
  • Preferential Bidding System, a computer system that allows an employee to bid for work duties based on personal preferences
  • Privatbanen Sønderjylland (also known as Eurorail), a defunct Danish railway operating company
  • Sodium perborate, a component of detergents and a source of oxygen
  • Palestine Broadcasting Service

  Results from FactBites:
 
BIGpedia - Public Broadcasting Service - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online (1637 words)
PBS was founded in 1969, at which time it took over many of the functions of its predecessor, National Educational Television (NET).
PBS is not a broadcast network in the sense in which that term is usually used in the United States.
PBS has also begun at least three new TV networks: PBS YOU, PBS Kids, and PBS DT2 (a feed of HDTV and letterboxed programming for digital affiliates), along with packages of PBS programs that are similar to local stations' programming, the PBS-X feeds (see List of United States broadcast television networks).
PBS LANGUAGE SCHOOL EXPLORER (2017 words)
PBS was founded in 1969, at which time it took over many of the functions of its predecessor, National Educational Television (NET) (which merged with station WNDT Newark, New Jersey to form WNET).
PBS is not a broadcast network in the sense in which that term is usually used in the United States, although it is more like U.S. broadcast networks than other public broadcasters that own their stations.
PBS stations are commonly operated by non-profit organizations, state agencies, local authorities (e.g., municipal boards of education), or universities in their community of license.
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