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public service broadcasting

noun [U]

Definition

television and radio programmes that are broadcast to provide information, advice, or entertainment to the public without trying to make a profit: The channel is trying to reduce its obligations to produce public service broadcasting such as religious programmes.
(Definition of public service broadcasting noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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