PBS Joins iTunes Video Store

By the Betanews Staff | Published October 10, 2006, 11:11 AM

PBS said Tuesday that it had added programming to the iTunes Music Store, including documentary, primetime and children's programming. As with other videos on the market-leading download service, downloads would cost $1.99 USD. Included in the offering are "Antiques Roadshow," "Nova," "Now," "Scientific American Frontiers," and children's shows "Arthur, "Cyberchase" and "Fetch."

The success of PBS podcasts on iTunes spurred the network to add its programming to the service, which now includes over 220 shows from more than 40 networks. The viewer-supported network would also attach content to each episode that would underscore the benefits of becoming a member of a local PBS station, it said.

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i wouldn't mind if there was a law that made people watch nova. it would please me to know that cletus was thinking.

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I hope they add the episode of Reading Rainbow with Levar Burton and Rickie Lee Jones. A sample of that show was used in the song Little Fluffy Clouds by Orb in 1990.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Fluffy_Clouds

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Awsome. NOVA is one of my faves.

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