public television

Noun

Meaning

public television (uncountable)

Noncommercial television broadcast as a public service, often supported by licensing fees.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Films of the mating behavior of most other species - a staple of public television of America - demonstrate that the female chooses. Camille Paglia

Conservatives, despite their increasingly powerful presence on cable TV and talk radio, feel excluded and disregarded by the longstanding preponderance of liberal voices on public television. Michael Medved

I was only allowed only to watch public television until I was 12 years old. I would come home from friends's houses with a list of demands. 'OK, We have all the wrong cereals. You guys are asleep on the job. Allison Williams

I was only allowed only to watch public television until I was 12 years old. Allison Williams

I was nearly fired from my second job, which was writing press releases for Boston's public television station. Elinor Lipman

In the first years after 1989, films were partly financed from the state's budget as well as by public television. Still, except for a few special cases, most films are made this way. Andrzej Wajda

Close letter words and terms

public task public telephone public telephone booth public territory public testing public thing