public television

public television
noun
: television that provides cultural, informational, and instructional programs for the public and that is financed by a combination of government, private, and corporate sources : noncommercial television

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public television UK US noun [uncountable]
television in the US that is owned and operated by community organizations, local government, and universities, and that emphasizes educational programmes
Thesaurus: television and radio channels and organizationshyponym well-known television and radio programmes and charactershyponym

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public television,
U.S. noncommercial television broadcasting that features chiefly cultural and educational programs; educational television.

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ˌpublic ˈtelevision 7 [public television] noun uncountable (NAmE)
a television service that shows mainly ↑educational programmes and is paid for by the government, the public and some companies

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