So, first, PBS, is the public broadcasting system. This is a class of broadcaster that receives government funding as well as funding from private donations. Think about the BBC but with a smaller government contribution, no license fees and they get to beg for money relentlessly over the top of programming every 3 months or so. However, they do have some legendary products like Nova for the science types, this old house for the do it yourselfers, good ol sesame street and Mr Rogers or Barney for the kids and amazing cooking shows starting with the greatest ever, Julia Child. A lot of history from that organization. They have also made large technical contributions. The Engineer of WGBH in Boston is world renown and I know PBS has made contributions to HDTV technology for example as well as studied a great deal on signal propagation. I also think WGBH and PBS in general were very instrumental in described video for the blind community. What started out as a SAP channel on PBS is now available in movie houses and all sorts of content which is a good thing.
The coverage being spoken of on the Apple TV was the 4th of July celebration in Boston at the Band Shell. The Boston Pops are famous with directors / composers scoring the biggest films of all time including of course Star Wars. Since you asked but not to get to far off topic, July 4th is very important in our country. IT’s when we wrote and published the declaration of independence from the crown and King George the iii and our revolution really began. Thomas Jefferson wrote that our independence should be celebrated with fireworks or illuminations and cannon fire. I did my part.:) There are many heavy handed regulations against fireworks, especially in North Eastern states but most people ignore the man and set them off anyway. We close the gates in our community and refuse entry to the storm troopers (police) and fire stooge (fire martial) and other neighborhoods have lookouts or listen to scanners and hide the fireworks when the heat arrives.:) In southern states there are no such limitations and the 4th of july is a fantastic event with fireworks night after night for at least a week before and after the 4th. Lots of bbq, military parades, veterans groupsand such. Also charities raise a lot of money during this time. I missed the 4th this year in the south by 2 weeks, I’ll be moved to Florida by the end of the month but missed the 4th this year. Luckily the spirit is alive up here regardless of what the stuffed shirts in Boston or Hartford tell us. And yes, independence day the movie is a good indicator of what happens if you don’t set your WiFi Password. As a side note, Jeff Gold-bloom’s computer in the first one was a Mac. The second movie in Imax was good but had equally big story holes you could drive a truck through. > On Jul 5, 2016, at 6:34 AM, Simon Fogarty <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry folks, but I have to ask this, > > Chris what is a PBS? > > I know you americans go crazy on july 4th but really why? > > I thought the aliens just came back to get you a second time? > > Doesn’t Geoff Goldblume have to save you again with his super super fast > power book and a simple virus inserted in to the aliens space craft computer > system?!!!! > > Oh and on their alien ships wifi network that can’t have been secured as they > didn’t appear to put in the wifi password…. > > Just saying that if that’s all it takes, > > Lol…. > > From: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>[mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark > Gilland > Sent: Tuesday, 5 July 2016 11:27 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: 4th of July Coverage with Apple TV4? > Importance: High > > At the top of the hour, 8:00PM Eastern, PBS is doing their yearly 4th of July > celebration. > > Does anyone know if I can watch if live with my Apple TV 4th gen? Yes, I do > have the PBS app installed. I just can't recall if the app let's you watch > the network live, or not. > > If not, I'll just watch with my Time Warner, although it would be very very > nice to watch in my studio on my 5.1 surround sound. > > Chris. > --- > Christopher Gilland > JAWS Certified, 2016. > Training Instructor. > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Phone: (704) 256-8010. > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. 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