美国公共电视这个一年十亿美元的事业似乎永远处在财政崩溃的危险之中。全国三百多家公共电视台雇用了将近一万人,但观众却很少能够超过全国电视观众的百分之三。差不多它一半的收入来自个人、公司和基金会的捐赠,但是,这些日子来,赞助者越来越少。这就是处在窘境之中的美国的公共电视。虽然有一亿人每周收看一次公共电视节目,但十人中大约有一人为公共电视捐款,十年前,公共电视(PTV)事实是享有对全国文化节目的垄断权,而如今则不然。虽然许多联邦高层议员继续为公共电视事业说项,但国会却没有作出规定,对它进行有力 The one-billion-dollar U.S. public television project this year seems to be forever at risk of financial collapse. More than 300 public television stations nationwide employ nearly 10,000 people, yet few viewers can exceed 3% of the national television audience. Almost half of its revenue comes from the donations of individuals, companies and foundations, but fewer and fewer have been sponsored these days. This is the U.S. public television in a dilemma. Although 100 million people watch public television programs once a week, about 10 of them donate for public television. Ten years ago, the fact that the public television (PTV) enjoyed monopoly rights over the national cultural programs is not the case now. Although many senior federal lawmakers continued to speak for the cause of public television, Congress did not make any provision for it