🇺🇸 United States
PBS
480i · Main feed
PBS is an English-language education channel from United States, on air since 1970. Broadcast Atlas lists 2 public stream sources up to 416x234.
Last checked July 29, 2026: the stream responded — 416x234, avc1.640028 video, mp4a.40.2 audio, 29.97fps, adaptive bitrate and live (2 of 2 sources checked).
Launched October 5, 1970 · Also known as East
Direct sources
Available streams
Streams open directly from their source hosts. Broadcast Atlas does not proxy, relay, transcode, or retransmit media.
PBS National West
pbs.lls.cdn.pbs.org
HTTPS1080pGeo-blocked
Technical details · preference #1 · score 1758
The preference score rewards browser-ready HTTPS, HLS or image support, header-free playback, adaptive bitrate, reliability, and useful resolution. It is a selection heuristic, not a quality guarantee.
- Stream ID
- 0203c69b-1ab4-4f66-951d-f3e57b3d7ce0
- Preference rank
- #1 of 2
- Preference score
- 1758
- Source host
- pbs.lls.cdn.pbs.org
- URL scheme
- HTTPS
- Catalog media type
- Not yet verified
- Detected protocol
- hls
- Manifest type
- hls master
- Container
- Not yet verified
- Supplied quality
- 1080p
- Detected resolution
- 416x234
- Frame rate
- 29.97 fps
- Approximate bitrate
- 5.28 Mbps
- Video codec
- avc1.640028
- Audio codec
- mp4a.40.2
- Adaptive bitrate
- Yes
- Live stream
- Yes
- HTTPS status
- https
- Availability note
- Geo-blocked
- Requires referrer
- No
- Requires custom user agent
- No
- Geographic restriction
- Not yet verified
- Authentication
- Not yet verified
- DRM
- Not yet verified
- Health
- healthy
- Browser compatibility
- {"status":"unknown"}
- Device compatibility
- {"status":"unverified"}
- Detection evidence
- {"runId":"06d4650d-3f5f-4037-b2e6-9602466fce78","verifier":"manifest-v1","checkedAt":"2026-07-28T19:22:15.91527+00:00"}
- Last checked
- Jul 28, 2026, 7:22 PM UTC
- Last success
- Jul 28, 2026, 7:22 PM UTC
- Last failure
- Never
- First catalog sighting
- Jul 20, 2026, 4:47 AM UTC
- Last catalog sighting
- Jul 23, 2026, 5:52 AM UTC
- Metadata updated
- Sep 19, 2026, 7:44 AM UTC
- Source revision
- Not yet verified
PBS National East
pbs.lls.cdn.pbs.org
HTTPS1080pGeo-blocked
Technical details · preference #2 · score 1758
The preference score rewards browser-ready HTTPS, HLS or image support, header-free playback, adaptive bitrate, reliability, and useful resolution. It is a selection heuristic, not a quality guarantee.
- Stream ID
- de922fd2-7c32-4829-8811-336206f5f8e6
- Preference rank
- #2 of 2
- Preference score
- 1758
- Source host
- pbs.lls.cdn.pbs.org
- URL scheme
- HTTPS
- Catalog media type
- Not yet verified
- Detected protocol
- hls
- Manifest type
- hls master
- Container
- Not yet verified
- Supplied quality
- 1080p
- Detected resolution
- 416x234
- Frame rate
- 29.97 fps
- Approximate bitrate
- 5.28 Mbps
- Video codec
- avc1.640028
- Audio codec
- mp4a.40.2
- Adaptive bitrate
- Yes
- Live stream
- Yes
- HTTPS status
- https
- Availability note
- Geo-blocked
- Requires referrer
- No
- Requires custom user agent
- No
- Geographic restriction
- Not yet verified
- Authentication
- Not yet verified
- DRM
- Not yet verified
- Health
- healthy
- Browser compatibility
- {"status":"unknown"}
- Device compatibility
- {"status":"unverified"}
- Detection evidence
- {"runId":"11427881-8e02-440d-93e6-e62e22e98293","verifier":"manifest-v1","checkedAt":"2026-07-29T13:20:56.448167+00:00"}
- Last checked
- Jul 29, 2026, 1:20 PM UTC
- Last success
- Jul 29, 2026, 1:20 PM UTC
- Last failure
- Never
- First catalog sighting
- Jul 20, 2026, 4:47 AM UTC
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