Create (TV network)

Create is an American digital broadcast public television network broadcast on digital subchannels of PBS member stations. The network broadcasts how-to, DIY and other lifestyle-oriented instructional programming 24 hours a day.

History

Create TV was launched on WGBH-TV DTV/Comcast Cable and WLIW DTV/Cablevision digital services, WNET's sister station, in 2004. Create was launched nationally on January 9, 2006.

In 2009, APT started looking for a national network underwriter, while seven stations had found local underwriters that covered their network fees. Ten stations at this time were inserting local programming.

With rating data becoming available with more experience handling multicast channels and greater licensing fees, some public TV stations were changing their channel lineup. Some were dropping a network off a channel and programming it independently. A well-known station, WETA-TV, dropped Create on its .2 channel for an independent how-to channel in January 2012. The previous lack of audience data stymied efforts to find a national underwriter. In 2012, APT started planning for more original and exclusive programming. A March national pledge event, a recent new funding source for Create, with travel host Rick Steves, took in at a top 20 market about $40,000. Licensing fees were to be reinstated on July 1, 2012.

Operations

American Public Television (APT), WGBH and WNET operate the network. APT handles affiliate relations, distribution, marketing and underwriting, and producer and viewer relations. A joint team creates the schedule with all working together on strategic and business planning. WNET produces promos and spots for the network and provides master control services.

It is distributed through digital subchannel affiliations with public television stations that are members of or subscribe to APT Exchange, NETA and PBS Plus. Stations' licensing fees fall into one of five price tiers based on budget, market and station size. Shop Create webstore also generates income for the network.

Shows

Create TV broadcasts Arts & Crafts, Food, and Travel shows.

Arts & Crafts

*''Beads, Baubles, and Jewels''
*''Best of The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross''
*''Craft in America''
*''Canvasing The World With Sean Diedike''
*''Craftman's Legacy''

Home and Garden

*''This Old House''
*''Ask This Old House''
*''Gardenfit''
*''Garden Smart''

Health and Fitness

* ''YNDI Yoga''

Food

*''100 Days, Drinks, Dishes and Destinations''
*''America's Test Kitchen''
*''America's Test Kitchen Special: Home for the Holidays''
*''Baking with Julia''
*''Bringing It Home with Laura McIntosh''
*''Buen Provecho! Florida's Spanish Flavor''
*''Chef Paul Prudhomme: Louisiana Legend''
*''A Chef's Life''
*''Christina Cooks''
*''Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board''
*'' Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television''
*'' Ciao Italia''
*'' Confucius Was A Foodie''
*'' Cook's Country''
*''Cooking with Nick Stellino''
*''Dining With the Chef''
*''Dishing with Julia Child''
*''Eating In with Lidia''
*'' Ellie's Real Good Food''
*''Essential Pépin''
*''Family Ingredients''
*''Farmer and the Foodie''
*'' Field Trip with Curtis Stone''
*"Fit to Eat" hosted by Rob Stinson
*''Flavor of Poland''
*''Food Flirts''
*''French Chef Classics''
*''George Hirsch Lifestyle''
*''Great American Seafood Cook-Off''
*''Home for Christy Rost: Thanksgiving, A''
*''Houston Cookbook''
*''How She Rolls''
*''How to Cook Well at Christmas with Rory O'Connell''
*''How to Cook Well with Rory O'Connell''
*'' Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef''
*'' In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs''
*''Iowa Ingredient''
*'' Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul''
*''Jamie Oliver Together''
*'' Jazzy Vegetarian''
*''Joanne Weir's Plates and Places''
*''Julia Child - Cooking with Master Chefs''
*''Julie Taboulie's Lebanese Kitchen''
*''Kevin Belton's Cookin' Louisiana''
*''Kevin Belton's New Orleans Celebrations''
*''Kevin Belton's New Orleans Kitchen''
*''Kitchen Queens: New Orleans''
*'' Lidia's Kitchen''
*''Lucky Chow''
*''Maria's Portuguese Table''
*''Mike Colameco's Real Food''
*''Modern Pioneering with Georgia Pellegrini''
*''Moveable Feast with Relish''
*''My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas''
*''Neven's Irish Food Trails''
*''Neven's Spanish Food Trails''
*''New Day New Chef''
*''New Orleans Cooking With Kevin Belton''
*'' New Scandinavian Cooking''
*'' Nick Stellino: Storyteller in the Kitchen''
*'' No Passport Required''
*'' P. Allen Smith's Garden Home''
*'' Pati's Mexican Table''
*''Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen''
*'' Roadfood''
*'' Sara's Weeknight Meals''
*''Savor Dakota''
*''Simply Ming''
*''Somewhere South''
*''Steven Raichlen's Project Fire''
*''Steven Raichlen's Project Smoke''
*''Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co.: Our Food Heritage''
*''Taste Of Louisiana With Chef John Folse & Company: Hooks, Lies & Alibis''
*''Taste of Malaysia with Martin Yan''
*''Taste The Florida Keys with Chef Michelle Bernstein''
*''tasteMAKERS''
*''The Great American Recipe''
*''The Hook''
*''To Dine for with Kate Sullivan''
*''Trails to Oishii Tokyo''
*''Weekends with Yankee''
*''Welcome to My Farm''
*''Wine First''
*'' Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom''

Travel

*''Afro-Latino Travels with Kim Haas''
*''Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge''
*''At One with Nature: National Parks of Japan''
*''Bare Feet in NYC with Mickela Mallozzi''
*''Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi''
*''Beyond Your Backyard''
*''Born to Explore with Richard Wiese''
*''Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions''
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*''Wild Travels'
* Rick Steves’ Europe
* Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

Affiliates

References

{{Public broadcasting in the United States

Television networks in the United States
Public television in the United States
Television channels and stations established in 2006
English-language television stations in the United States
Digital television in the United States
DIY culture