$413.9M in expenses

Content and promotion - a core function under PBS' mission as a multi-platform media organization and represents costs associated with the diverse content offered to its 150-member public television licensees. PBS' wide array of content expands the minds of children, includes documentaries that enlighten the public on new worlds, non-commercialized news programs that keep citizens informed on world events and cultures and programs that expose america to the worlds of music, theater, dance, and art. As america's largest classroom, PBS is available to all of america's children and offers educational media that helps prepare children for success in school and in life. PBS is committed to bringing the power of media into the classroom and helping educators to engage students in new and different ways. This expense category also represents institutional and program promotion and press efforts intended to increase viewership and increase awareness of the value of public television. These activities provide public television stations with a broad array of promotional support, including on-air online promotional spots, social media, print and radio advertising, press support and the coordination of public television's educational message and positioning.

$75.5M in expenses

Distribution and information technology - represents network, media, and satellite operation centers handling, technical evaluation, and other pre-transmission processing of all program video; program origination transmission including operational support for news and other live event coverage, and the scheduling and logging of all satellite feeds. This expense category also includes other technical research and planning, and the oversight, lease, and acquisition of satellite capacity.

$16.7M in expenses

Member services - represents services provided to PBS' member stations, including digital products and services, development, and copyright administration.

$1.7M in expenses

Other - represents other services provided to public broadcasting stations and producers from cable and license fee revenue received from cable and satellite providers.

$865K in expenses

Ventures - represents activities associated with marketing and selling programs across multiple platforms, including subscription video-on-demand, digital content, producing and manufacturing physical goods such as DVD and blu-ray products and program-related products; the licensing, development, and distribution of interactive products; the licensing of video content to commercial online and mobile service providers; and online sponsorship activities.