Access to programmes like Mister Rogers’ Neighbourhood, Reading Rainbow, and Zoboomafoo is available around-the-clock.
The idea of giving their children more screen time that doesn’t revolve on some noisy and unpleasant YouTuber has parents across the nation heaving a sigh of relief. The Wrap reports that PBS has officially introduced PBS Retro, a new free channel with advertising. This is a collection of all of your favourite educational films from the 1980s, 1990s, and beyond, as the name would imply. This one really brings back memories.
The Roku Channel, a streaming service compatible with Roku devices and smart TVs, offers PBS Retro. All of the programmes you can probably still picture, such Mister Rogers’ Neighbourhood and Reading Rainbow, are broadcast on the 24/7 channel. Additionally, you can introduce your children.
There are more PBS-affiliated channels on Roku’s platform. Other ad-supported channels like PBS Food, Julia Child, PBS Antiques Roadshow, Antiques Road Trip, and PBS Nature are housed there. A plethora of PBS-related channels, such as PBS Masterpiece, PBS Kids, PBS Living, PBS Documentaries, and PBS America, are also available for subscription. You can watch a few of these on Hulu+ Live TV.
In the future, PBS might establish itself even more in the free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) market. With the intention of making PBS material “available in new places,” the organisation states that it is still in the “early days of experimentation.” If sales and brand awareness rise through these FAST channels, it will “continue to consider additional opportunities.” Meanwhile, Mister Rogers’ Neighbourhood provides some entertaining