American Public Television

American Public Television (APT) is the largest of the television syndication distributors of programming for public television stations in the United States. In 2007, APT distributed 52 of the of the top 100 highest rated public television programs to 348 public television stations. APT began in 1961 as the Eastern Educational Television Network (EEN) and was the first distributor of shows such as The French Chef (with Julia Child), Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, and Washington Week in Review to the rest of what was then National Educational Television (not yet PBS). They introduced the unedited Monty Python's Flying Circus to American audiences in 1975 (ABC had run censored versions in late night previously), and brought The Three Tenors to public television audiences in 1991. The organization was known for a time as the Interregional Program Service in the 1980s, and American Program Service in the 1990s.

APT distributes more than 300 new program titles per year, including documentaries, dramatic and comedic series, how-to programs, children’s series and classic movies. Shows regularly distributed by APT have included Shows regularly distributed by APT include Rick Steves' Europe, Simply Ming, America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated, Richard Bangs’ Adventures with Purpose, Globe Trekker (aka Pilot Guides in other countries), Doc Martin, Rudy Maxa’s World, Sara’s Weeknight Meals, Deutsche Welle's European Journal, Farmers' Almanac TV,

In October 2008, the new week nightly international news series Worldfocus, hosted by journalist Martin Savidge, will be distributed through APT. APT has also distributed special pledge shows to public television, including programs such as Anne of Green Gables, Carreras Domingo Pavarotti, Celine Dion: A New Day, Mike Douglas – Moments & Memories, Broadway: The Golden Age and Tony Bennett Duets: The Making of an American Classic. In 2001, APT was the first company to bring an HD series to public television with the premiere of Smart Travels with Rudy Maxa.

In January, 2006, APT became the primary force behind a new public broadcasting network in the U.S., Create, which offers primarily crafts and travel programming from the APT, PBS and NETA libraries. Many of Create's affiliates are PBS digital stations, and Create is also carried on cable through local agreements with public television stations. Shows regularly carried on Create include Lidia’s Italy, P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home, The Joy of Painting, America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated and Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie.

External links

• American Public Television's website
• Create's website

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