BPS-TV
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BPS-TV is the Educational-access television network of the Brevard Public Schools in Brevard County, Florida
Brevard County, Florida
Brevard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida, along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2007 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the population is 536,521, making it the 10th most populous county in the state. Influenced by the presence of the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Brevard...

. It is managed as part of the Office of District Communications with programming produced and originating from the facilities of the newly established Media Center at the Brevard Public School headquarters.

BPS-TV can be viewed on:
  • Bright House Networks
    Bright House Networks
    Bright House Networks is a cable television company, the seventh largest cable operator and the sixth largest traditional multiple system operator in the United States owned by Advance/Newhouse, headquartered in Syracuse, New York...

    , Channel 198 (Cable box / CableCARD)
  • Comcast
    Comcast
    Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...

     channel 52


As part of its operations BPS-TV not only provides educational programming to its students but also to the community at-large by broadcasting original community oriented programs including BPS News as well as the Superintendent's Forum and live coverage of all school board meetings.

The station had a budget for fiscal year 2006-07 budget of $242,246.

History

Until the Summer of 2010 it had originated and was broadcast from the studios of WBCC
WBCC
WBCC is a PBS member station serving the Orlando television market. It broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 30, and serves as the sole PBS affiliate in the Central Florida television market....

 in Cocoa
Cocoa, Florida
Cocoa is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The population was 16,412 at the 2000 census. As of 2008, the estimated population according to the U.S. Census Bureau was 16,478. It is part of the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:Cocoa was...

, broadcasting on subchannel 68.3 -- since then, BPS-TV became available only on cable TV. It was a PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....

station until that time.
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