Wednesday, April 22, 2009

PBS Combines Video Offerings in One Pretty Package [Streaming Television]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/qEtyBtnWMiY/pbs-combines-video-offerings-in-one-pretty-package

PBS has consolidated all of its programs offering streaming video into one slick, probably Hulu-inspired portal, letting anyone search, browse by show or topic, and flip through episodes as with a deck of cards.

You'll find many years worth of PBS archives from shows like Frontline, Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Julia Child's inspired cooking work, and many more. That isn't everything, and some programs, like Ken Burns' The National Parks, will limit viewing within a time frame around the PBS airing. But it's still a nice addition to the list of TV providers wising up to the ways of web video. You'll see commercials and banner ads around the site, but they're of the same "sponsored by" variety you've come to expect from public radio and television.