PBS YOU
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| Type | PBS/APT |
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| Country | |
| Availability | 24/7 Channel |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Owner | PBS |
Launch date | January 15, 2000 |
| Dissolved | January 9, 2006 |
Official website | Archived official website at the Wayback Machine |
| Replaced by | Create |
PBS YOU (stylized as pbs you; the latter word is an acronym for "Your Own University") was founded in the late 1990s as a 24/7 channel/network featuring formal and informal educational programs and college-related fare, largely to take advantage of available rights and satellite transponder space and eager customers for carriage among the satellite-dish and some cable television companies.
How-to programs and public affairs programs and news predominated. An
PBS YOU formerly included PBS Adult Learning Service (ALS) telecourses for college credit and foreign language instruction. PBS ALS has been decommissioned as of September 2005; the Annenberg/CPB Channel remains in place as a source of networked feeds of credit courses.
Demise
PBS YOU had long been vulnerable to budget concerns at PBS.
In late 2001, YOU was in danger of being shut down altogether. A deal with New River Media, producers of
In the wake of the closure of the
Prior to its cancellation, PBS YOU was carried by 67 PBS member stations (via
providers.See also
- Create (television network)