PBS president visits Spokane.

When Paula Kerger took over as president and chief executive officer of PBS in 2006, Netflix was a year away from introducing streaming shows and Facebook was only available to college and high school students.

After 11 years at the helm, she’s become the public broadcaster’s longest-serving president and spearheaded new partnerships to make PBS available via online streaming services. Early in her tenure, she remembered Apple began offering its first television episodes in the iTunes store, selling “Desperate Housewives” for $1.99 per episode.

“It just sounded so strange, but it was the beginning of what was a new direction,” she said.

Now, PBS shows can be found on Amazon Prime, Hulu and Netflix, among others/ Rachel Alexander , SR. More here.

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