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Streaming apps for local public media.

Station-branded apps on every screen, a collaborative CMS, and first-party audience data. Built by stations, for stations.

WETA Classical live radio playing in the WETA+ phone app Cascade PBS app My List page on an iPad Cascade PBS app home screen on a TV WQED+ app home screen on an iPad OPB app collection page on a phone
8 weeksAverage time from signature to app store
10OTT, smart TV, mobile and web platforms
2XPassport revenue vs. the PBS App, on average
One platform, every screen

Your station, wherever your community watches.

Phones, tablets, TVs and the web, each one in your logo and colors, all run from one CMS.

Your station, in their pocket.

A redesigned home screen, My List, live TV and audio, and your logo and colors throughout.

  • iPhone
  • Android phones
WQED+ app home screen on a phoneWETA Classical live radio playing in the WETA+ phone appCascade PBS app My List on a phone

Made for the bigger screen.

More rows and bigger artwork on screen, running the same curation as your phone app.

  • iPad
  • Android tablets
  • Portrait and landscape
Cascade PBS app home screen on an iPadWQED+ app home screen on an iPad

The ten-foot experience, in your brand.

Big artwork, vibes and genres, live channels and audio, all curated from your CMS.

  • Apple TV
  • Fire TV
  • Google TV and Android TV
  • Roku
  • Samsung and LG smart TVs
WQED+ app home screen on a TV

Your station on the web, too.

A responsive streaming site at your own web address that works on any screen, with the same catalog, live TV and audio, and My List as your apps, all run from the same CMS.

  • Desktop browsers
  • Mobile web
  • Your own web address
WETA+ streaming website on a desktop browser and on a phone
A growing network

Forward-looking stations, working together.

From Seattle to Maine, public media stations run their apps on one shared platform. Every station that joins makes it better for the rest.

20 stations and growing

  • Cascade PBS, Seattle, WA
  • OPB, Portland, OR
  • KVIE, Sacramento, CA
  • KPBS, San Diego, CA
  • Vegas PBS, Las Vegas, NV
  • Arizona PBS, Phoenix, AZ
  • Rocky Mountain PBS, Denver, CO
  • Houston Public Media, Houston, TX
  • Nashville PBS, Nashville, TN
  • WCTE Central TN PBS, Cookeville, TN
  • KET, Lexington, KY
  • SCETV, Columbia, SC
  • PBS Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
  • WHRO, Norfolk, VA
  • WETA, Arlington, VA
  • WQED, Pittsburgh, PA
  • WHYY, Philadelphia, PA
  • Lehigh Valley Public Media, Bethlehem, PA
  • Buffalo Toronto Public Media, Buffalo, NY
  • Maine Public, Lewiston, ME

Built by stations, for stations

Everything your station needs, connected.

Plugged into PBS

Passport, SSO, Media Manager, TV listings and more, tested and trusted.

Fundraising, streamlined

Instant Passport access for new donors and smooth integration with station donation platforms.

First-party insights

Near real-time audience data, Google Analytics in your own account, and CDP-ready delivery.

Custom-built CMS

A content management system shaped around PBS station workflows and priorities.

Intelligent content delivery

Personalization powered by human-enriched metadata from trusted programming partners.

Talk to your viewers

Segmented in-app messaging for prospects and members, personalized and timely.

Scalable by design

Cloud architecture on AWS and Google Cloud that grows as your audience does.

Support that gets it

An active roadmap steered by local public media organizations like yours.

The CMS

A powerful CMS built to evolve with your station.

  • Customize your app's home page layout and presentation
  • Engage viewers with a suite of communication tools
  • Edit content metadata, including vibes, genres and visuals
  • Curate with help from AI and the network of stations
Local Public CMS showing a station's carousel lineup with the Add new carousel panel open
What's new

Our biggest app release yet is rolling out now.

A redesigned home screen and navigation on phones and tablets, an all-new My List, streamlined Settings and live audio on TV.

Cascade PBS app home screen on an iPad Cascade PBS app My List on a phone WETA+ app redesigned Settings on a phone

See your station on the new apps.