What is American Public Television? What is its relationship to PBS?
American Public Television is a major distributor of programming to public television stations, second only to PBS. While both organizations provide programming to the same individual public television stations, there are significant differences in the way we work. One advantage of American Public Television is that as a nimble, efficient organization, we can move program offers quickly through the process from submission through contract confirmation. Many producers seek us out as a first choice for program distribution; others may turn to us in instances when PBS opts not to distribute a program. American Public Television operates independently, but to some extent, it is a complementary service to PBS in that we keep informed of their upcoming programming and may seek related offers.
