#10 - How to Watch PBS

PBS is one of our favorite networks.

You may recall from post #2 that YouTube TV provides live viewing of most local channels, but it does not include PBS stations. We think this is because PBS does not have the right to enable streaming all of their shows.

For people who live relatively close to an over-the-air broadcast antenna, the best solution probably is to buy an HD TV antenna and use it to watch your local PBS station. But that's not an option for us because we live too far from the Detroit and Toledo antennas. We'd need to have a 60-foot antenna tower, which our subdivision does not allow, and we wouldn't want anyway.

We have, however, for many years been contributors to our local PBS stations, and this allows us to stream some PBS shows via PBS.org and PBS Passport.

Last night we tested this, watching this week's new episode of Nova on PBS Passport. We streamed the show from my phone using our Chromecast. It worked pretty well, but we subsequently discovered that streaming PBS works better using an Amazon FireTV Stick or a Roku box (both of which we already own).

The next big test will be whether we can stream the new Season 3 of Victoria, which begins tomorrow night. It's already possible to stream Season 1 and Season 2 via PBS Passport, so we hope this continues with Season 3.