PBS Digital Studios is a

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through which

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distributes original educational web video content. Based in

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, it comprises both original series and partnerships with existing

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channels. Most of the series are about science, popular culture, art, food, news, and music.

History

PBS Digital Studios was founded by

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in June 2012.Looking Back On A Year Of PBS Digital Studios
July 18, 2013. They had their first viral hit with a "remix" of

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d vocals from '' Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood'' titled "Garden of Your Mind."First scripted series from PBS Digital Studios updates Frankenstein for modern age
July 25, 2014. The PBS Digital Studios network has received more than 500 million views and has over 7 million subscribers. Popular series found on their channels include ''Crash Course'', ''Blank on Blank'', ''It’s Okay To Be Smart'', and the multiple

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–winning ''PBS Idea Channel''.PBS Digital Studios to Premiere First Scripted Series 'Frankenstein, M.D.' on Tuesday, August 19
, July 23, 2014. Each month, the shows average more than 5 million streams.PBS Launching 4 New Digital Original Series
May 5, 2014. Its first scripted series, '' Frankenstein, MD'', launched on August 19, 2014, and ran until October 31, 2014. In 2015, PBS Digital Studios partnered with the

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' series Crash Course, commissioning three courses in astronomy, U.S. government, and philosophy. Crash Course Astronomy launched January 15, 2015, Crash Course U.S. Government & Politics launched January 23, 2015, and Crash Course Philosophy launched February 8, 2016. In addition to commissioning series, PBS Digital Studios have partnered with existing YouTube channels. They partnered with '' BrainCraft'' in June, 2014 and '' Physics Girl'' in August, 2015. In 2017, the network cancelled a slew of its shows, including popular channels like PBS Game/Show & the PBS Idea Channel.

Current series

* Be Smart * CrashCourse * Deep Look * Indie Alaska * Monstrum * Only in El Paso * Otherwords * PBS Eons * PBS Origins * PBS Space Time * PBS Terra * Reactions * Sound Field * Two Cents

Past series

PBS Digital Studios lists the following as "past" series: * 24 Frames * Above The Noise * America From Scratch * American Veteran: Keep It Close * A Moment of Science * A People’s History of Asian America * Are You MN Enough? * The Art Assignment * BBQwithFranklin * Beat Making Lab * Blank on Blank * Bon Appétempt * BrainCraft * Brave Spaces * Central Standard * Citizen Better * Dead and Buried * Everything But the News * Fate & Fabled * First Person * FullTimeKid * Future of Work * Good Gumbo * The Good Stuff * Gross Science * Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe * Hip-Hop and the Metaverse * Hot Mess * I Contain Multitudes * If Cities Could Dance * The Intergalactic Nemesis * Indie Lens Storycast * InventorSeries * It's Lit! * Latinos Are Essential * Makin' Friends with Ryan Miller * Mike Likes Science * Modern Comedian * NOURISH * opbmusicStagepass * Origin Of Everything * Outside the Lyrics * Parentalogic * PBS Diorama * PBS Game/Show * PBS Idea Channel * PBS Infinite Series * PBSoffbook * PBS ReInventors * PBS Short Docs * PBS Vitals * Pancake Mountain * Physics Girl * Prideland * Ritual * Say It Loud * Self-Evident * Serving Up Science * Shanks FX * Sovereign Innovations * STELLAR * Subcultured * Tacos of Texas * The ChatterBox * Unusual Creatures * You're Doing it Wrong

Reception

Evan Desimone of '' NewMediaRockstars'' wrote, "Brilliant...takes you somewhere you didn’t expect." Sam Gutelle of ''

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'' called Idea Channel show, "Nothing short of superb."

References

External links

PBS Digital Studios: YouTube Channel
��the location of their original web content
Current PBS Digital Studios YouTube Shows

National Public Media
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PBS
��videos of PBS personalities whose words have been autotuned and remixed
Forbes
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