Public Broadcasting joins the streaming pack

PBS has unveiled the beta site for online consumption of its most popular programs in the way that network counterparts ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, and the CW have already done.

Like Hulu, both clips and full-length episodes are presented in Flash, however, they are not embeddable in other sites, as they are through PBS' YouTube page. Videos include a pre-roll sponsorship slot and no in-video advertisements.

Currently, featured programming is limited to 13 PBS shows such as Nova, Antiques Roadshow, Frontline, and The NewsHour, and the remaining content is linked off of a program's respective sub-site. NerdTV, for example, requires that programs be downloaded (either directly or from a Torrent site), and all PBS Kids programming is first routed through PBS Kids Go!