Cascade PBS launches Local Public as standalone streaming tech company

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Cascade PBS launches Local Public as standalone streaming tech company

The company provides branded streaming app technology for PBS member stations across connected TVs, mobile devices and the web.

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Here are the stations joining Local Public app. These are the stations that are joining at launch of this app.

More than a dozen PBS member stations are participating in Local Public, Cascade PBS said, including the following outlets:

• KAET (Channel 8) in Phoenix
• KCTS (Channel 9) in Seattle
• KLVX (Channel 10) in Las Vegas
• KOPB (Channel 10) in Portland, Oregon
• KPBS (Channel 15) in San Diego
• KRMA (Channel 6) in Denver
• KUHT (Channel 8) in Houston
• KVIE (Channel 6) in Sacramento
• WCTE (Channel 22) in Cookeville, Tennessee
• WETA (Channel 26) in Washington, D.C.
• WHRO (Channel 15) in Norfolk, Virginia
• WHYY (Channel 12) in the Philadelphia market
• WLVT (Channel 39) in Allentown, Pennsylvania
• WNED (Channel 17) in Buffalo
• WNPT (Channel 8) in Nashville
• WQED (Channel 13) in Pittsburgh
• WRLK (Channel 35) in Columbia, South Carolina

“Public media has always been strongest when it is deeply rooted in the communities it serves,” Cascade PBS President and Chief Executive Officer Rob Dunlop said in a statement. “Streaming shouldn’t diminish that connection — it should strengthen it. Local Public gives stations the tools to create digital experiences that reflect their communities, deepen audience engagement and build a more sustainable future for public media.”

 

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I understand if Alabama Public Television will be the next to be added soon.