American Public Television
American Public Television (APT) is the largest syndicator of programming for public television stations in the United States. APT continues to show a many public television programs nationally, as well as administering the Create and World channels on public TV. APT began in 1961.[1]
At first, it was called Eastern Educational Television Network (EEN). EEN was a regional cooperative that began to show programs between a couple of its member stations.[2] EEN was one of the first distributors of shows such as The French Chef (with Julia Child) in 1963,[2] Mister Rogers' Neighborhood,[1] and Washington Week in Review on a national basis.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Block, Alex Ben (November 9, 2014). "American Public Television Sheds Its 'Mister Rogers' Past". The Hollywood Reporter (November 2014). http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/american-public-television-sheds-mister-745729. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Androich, Alicia (January 1, 2011). "Growing up in public". Real Screen (Brunico Communications Ltd). http://realscreen.com/2011/01/01/growing-up-in-public/. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
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