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‘Largest classroom’

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Public television, which started life as “educational television” in the 1950s, is now providing emergency at-home learning services to assist students, families, teachers, administrators and school systems across Indiana now closed in response to COVID-19. The state’s eight public television stations, including PBS Fort Wayne, are partnering with the Indiana Department of Education to offer at-home learning experiences for students in grades K-12 that align with Indiana curriculum standards. This crisis response builds on years of public television’s success in education. PBS reaches 66% of all children 2-8 years old, and, because PBS is a free over-the-air service, PBS is America’s largest classroom. PBS stations reach more preschool-aged children and children in low-income homes than any kids TV network.

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Datacasting and next generation television deliver

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Public TV stations that are integrating datacasting and next generation television capabilities are taking giant leaps forward. Datacasting turns a portion of public TV broadcast spectrum into a new secure wireless data network. Next generation television changes the way digital broadcasts are created and delivered by adding internet-based content to form a flexible and expandable platform for TV viewing.  Datacasting and next generation television go where broadband does not reach. Next generation television enables enhanced picture quality and sound plus interactivity for new kinds of programming and data services. Recent advances in LoRaWAN technology create a potential return path solution for datacasting that enables it to be two-way.