Public Broadcasting Services
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- Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting ServicePublic Broadcasting ServiceThe Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
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or Public Broadcast ServicePublic Broadcast ServiceThe Public Broadcast Service is a government-owned educational radio and television broadcast service located in Barbados. Public Broadcast Service owns a radio station, 91.1FM and its television programming will be introduced in 2009....
in BarbadosBarbadosBarbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
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Public Broadcasting Services Limited (PBS) is Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
's public broadcasting
Public broadcasting
Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing and commercial financing.Public broadcasting may be...
company, responsible for the TVM
TVM (Malta)
Television Malta is the national television station of Malta. TVM is operated by Public Broadcasting Services Ltd . PBS Ltd is state owned....
television channel and the Radio Malta
Radio Malta
Radju Malta is the main radio service of PBS Ltd, the public service broadcaster of Malta.The origins of Radio Malta go back to 1935.For many years, transmissions were effected on a cable-radio system which started way back in 1935 by a British company called Rediffusion...
and Radju Parlament
Radju Parlament
PBS Radio Parliament is a radio station in Malta. It is owned and operated by the Public Broadcasting Service of Malta: PBS Ltd.Broadcasting on 106.6 FM across the Maltese islands, it provides live coverage of debates in the Maltese Parliament....
(106.6FM) and Magic (91.7FM)
Magic (91.7FM)
Magic is a music radio station in Malta.The station is targeted to 29- to 54-year-olds with a strong female bias.Presenters include Steve Joy, Michelle Horn, Nigel Williams, Brendan Kearney, Martin Buchanan, Tony Wright, Terry Jay, Rosie Kendrick, Dom Green, Dave Hickman and Greg Fairlie...
radio stations. PBS is funded by government grant and the sale of commercial airtime. TVM is Malta's most watched television channel, while Magic 91.7 enjoys huge popularity among local and tourist listeners.
In 1975 PBS (formerly Xandir Malta [XM]) became joint member of the European Broadcasting Union
European Broadcasting Union
The European Broadcasting Union is a confederation of 74 broadcasting organisations from 56 countries, and 49 associate broadcasters from a further 25...
together with the Maltese Broadcasting Authority (MBA). The latter was admitted as a full active member together with Malta Television Service Ltd already in 1970. Since 2003 PBS is the sole Maltese member of EBU. Prior to Xandir Malta, Rediffusion broadcast television programmes in Malta under the name Malta Television Service Ltd. The service was run by Rediffusion, the London and West Midlands independent broadcaster.