KCTS

Seattle's public television station, KCTS, co-produces Adventures with Purpose and is the public television presenting station.

KCTS serves more than 2 million viewers each week, and provides more than 8,700 hours of quality programs per year that reflect their mission to inform, involve and inspire:

  • informing through science, nature, history, travel, children's and instructional programs that promote lifelong learning

  • involving through public affairs programs, community outreach projects and interactive online services

  • inspiring through the finest music, dance, drama and visual arts presentations.

KCTS serves the public television community through a dynamic network of organizations that provide program distribution, digital television, analog and cable channels, program production and distribution, community outreach, retail activities and more.

KCTS Distribution:

  • KCTS/Seattle (analog ch. 9)

  • KCTS on DIRECTV

  • KCTS Plus (cable service)

  • KCTS-DT (digital ch. 41-simulcast)

  • KCTS-DT Now (digital ch. 41)

  • KCTS-DT Learns (digital ch. 41)

  • KCTS-DT HDTV (digital ch. 41)

  • KYVE/Yakima (analog ch. 21)

  • KYVE-DT (digital ch. 18)

  • AT&T/Millennium Cable (U.S.)

  • Rogers/Shaw Cable (B.C.)

  • Channel 7: Victoria

  • Channel 27: Vancouver, Lower Mainland (Delta Cable and Coast Cable Communications)

  • Channel 8: Port Alberni, Courtney/Comox Valley, Powell River

  • StarChoice, Cancom (Canadian satellite systems)

  • KCTS.org

  • Pacific Coast Public Television

www.KCTS.org

 

KCTS

American Public Television

American Public Television (APT) has been a leading distributor of high-quality, top-rated programming to America’s public television stations since 1961. Since 2004, APT has distributed approximately half of the top 100 highest-rated public television titles. Among its 300 new program titles per year are prominent documentaries, news and current affairs programs, dramatic series, how-to programs, children’s series and classic movies, including For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots, A Ripple of Hope, Rick Steves' Europe, Newsline, Globe Trekker, Simply Ming, Travelscope, America's Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated, Lidia's Italy, P. Allen Smith's Garden Home, Murdoch Mysteries, Doc Martin, Rosemary & Thyme, The Rat Pack: Live and Swingin’, Johnny Mathis: Wonderful, Wonderful! and John Denver: The Wildlife Concert. APT also licenses programs internationally through its APT Worldwide service. In 2006, APT launched and nationally distributed Create® – the TV channel featuring the best of public television's lifestyle programming. APT is also a partner in the WORLD™ channel expansion project including its web presence at WORLDcompass.org. For more information about APT’s programs and services, visit APTonline.org. For more information on Create, visit CreateTV.com.

www.APTonline.org

 

APT

Create®

What is Create®?
Create® is the 24/7 TV channel featuring the best of public television’s how-to, travel and lifestyle shows. The channel showcases high-profile programs that are among the mostwatched content on public television. Create TV is available nationwide via digital broadcast and/or basic cable, courtesy of subscribing local public television stations. This is the only place where public television lifestyle programs have “common carriage” – which means viewers can find your program at the same time across the country when it is in the schedule. (Sometimes, a local station may insert a local show into the schedule; but, for the most part, stations observe the national schedule.) In addition, the channel has a companion website, www.CreateTV.com– where viewers can find more information about their favorite lifestyle programs, hosts and projects.

Create® is available nationwide.
Create® is a free, digital television broadcast service provided by the majority of local public television stations. In addition, many of these stations offer Create through arrangements with their local cable operators such as Comcast, Time Warner and others. Create continues to remain public television’s most carried multicast channel, now in its sixth season. As of first quarter 2011, Create is available on 235 stations in more than 83% of U.S. TV households. To find Create in your area, please visit www.CreateTV.com and use the Station Finder on the TV Schedule page – or check local listings.

Create® is commercial-free public television.
All the programs you see on Create® TV are shows that must be cleared for broadcast on U.S. public television. They are not designed to air on commercial television, so the programs meet the rigorous editorial and funding requirements of public television – including no advertising. The most important feedback we receive from our viewers is that Create’s programs run uninterrupted without commercial breaks during the shows. Between programs, viewers will primarily only see promos and underwriting credits on Create. Key to the content is the interest in providing programming that is designed to be entertaining and educational. We take pride in the fact that each of the hosts has deep experience and is passionate about their interests. They have chosen to come to public television where viewers expect to see seasoned and personal commitment from on-air talent.

Create® is provided by…
Create® is produced and distributed by American Public Television (APT), WNET New York and WGBH Boston in association with National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).

www.CreateTV.com

 

APT

Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Major foundation support for Greece: Quest for the Gods is provided by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, an international philanthropic organization supporting charitable activities worldwide in arts and culture, education, health and medicine, and social welfare.

www.snf.org

 

SNF

ExOfficio

ExOfficio believes that the magic of travel, whether you seek different cultures, epic scenery, or the thrill of the unknown, is a chance to create perspective and vitality by opening your mind to the wonders of the world.

Since 1987, they have celebrated the traveler by crafting garments that allow you to experience the world unhindered. Intelligently designed products with tangible benefits—including the best-selling Give-N-Go® underwear collection and lightweight, wrinkle-free fabrics with bug, sun and water protection—are focused on one goal: comfortable performance.

ExOfficio can be found internationally, online, and in specialty outdoor and travel stores, including five of our own flagship retail stores throughout the U.S.

www.exofficio.com

 

Ex Officio

AdventureLink

AdventureLink is the most comprehensive adventure travel marketplace and reservation system for booking adventure tours.

Although there’s nothing wrong with sitting on a beach and relaxing under a palm frond, if you’re looking for something a little different, more exciting, or simply an alternative to the standard vacation, then you’ve come to the right place. AdventureLink connects you to the most reliable and comprehensive selection of adventure trips in the world by taking you straight to the source and makes booking what is understood today to be “complex travel” as easy as shopping for flights and hotels online.

www.adventurelink.com

 

AdventureLink

Janson Media

Established in 1989, Janson Media is an independent content distribution company based in the United States, with a rights portfolio of over 1,500 hours of exclusive programming available for licensing to worldwide television, VOD, DVD/video, and emerging new media platforms. The company has licensed programming to virtually every country in the world, and its clients include nearly every major broadcaster or media company, as well as a wide range of DVD labels and distributors. Janson Media is also a publisher/ manufacturer of award-winning DVDs.

www.janson.com

 

Janson Media

TOPICS Entertainment

TOPICS Entertainment is a leading publisher of educational, reference and language learning software and multimedia products, setting new publishing standards for software, DVD and audio. TOPICS Entertainment offers the industry's most diverse content at competitive prices.

TOPICS Entertainment is the largest privately held multimedia publisher in the United States with sales of more than 30 million units. At TOPICS, we are passionate about our dynamic product offerings and proud of our strong relationships with prestigious club, mass and chain retailers throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. TOPICS publishes the No. 1 best-selling software lines Instant Immersion (language learning) and Success (education), and is pleased to partner with quality brands, such as National Geographic, PBS, and National Archives to produce sensational, best-selling products.

www.topics-ent.com

www.instantimmersion.com

 

TOPICS Entertainment Instant immersion

Cathay Pacific

Cathay Pacific airways provided partial support for Adventures with Purpose: Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong.

Cathay Pacific Airways is you gateway to Asia with daily non-stop flights from Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco to Hong Kong.

Cathay Pacific Airways is an international airline registered and based in Hong Kong, offering scheduled cargo and passenger services to more than 162 destinations in 42 countries and territories around the world.

www.cathaypacific.com/us

 

Cathay Pacific

The Venetian

DISCOVER THE EXCITEMENT OF THE VENETIAN® MACAO

Nowhere else in Asia will you find the finest in luxury suites, world-class shopping, sensational entertainment and irresistible dining – all under one roof. Only The Venetian® Macao-Resort-Hotel can bring you such a unique and unforgettable experience. Discover the excitement that awaits you in Macau now!

The Venetian Macao houses a shopping floor with over 450 of the world’s most prestigious brands, cuisine from across the globe, luxury day spas and entertainment for you, your friends and your entire family.

No trip to the Venetian Macao would be complete without a graceful and romantic glide down the Canal in an authentic Venetian gondola, accompanied by a singing gondolier. Come and visit now! Take home a photograph as a souvenir, to remember your wonderful ride.

As our guest, you are welcome to swim in one of our four pools located outdoors. If you have children, they can splash around in the larger main pools. Or, if you wish to have some
privacy, you are welcome to swim in our adults-only, Murano pool and heated Jacuzzis. We also have a kid’s play area by the pool and a Dragon Slide in the summer!

www.venetianmacao.com

 

The Venetian

United Vacations

United Vacations offers an enormous variety of vacation destinations and options, including flights on United Airlines, Continental Airlines, and its partners, plus accommodations in more than 250 destinations around the world, including US, Canada, Mexico, the Carribbean, Latin America, Africa, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and more. Customers purchasing flight and hotel from United Vacations will receive the lowest airfare available and can earn MileagePlus® bonus miles in addition to credited flight miles.

United Vacations also offers luxury vacations including United First® and United Business® airfares, exceptional accommodations, personalized service, and outstanding quality. Romance vacations from United Vacations include destination weddings and honeymoons in some of the most romantic destinations in the world. United Vacations also offers Dive vacations in Mexico, the Caribbean, the Pacific, and more; Ski vacations in the U.S.A., Canada, and Europe; Escorted and Independent tours in Europe, Asia, India, the Middle East, South America, and Central America; and Walt Disney World® Resort vacation packages to Orlando, Florida.

www.unitedvacations.com

 

United Vacations

The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong

Dominating the city skyline at 490 meters high, a new iconic landmark emerges. The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong makes a magnificent return to the city with the world's tallest hotel. Soaring from the 102nd floor to the 118th floor, with unrivaled views of Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong Island and the New Territories, this Kowloon hotel takes centre stage in the International Commerce Centre (ICC), offering luxury commercial, residential and retail space. Reintroducing the art of hospitality, The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Kowloon welcomes guests into a sanctuary of refined ambiance and elegance.

www.ritzcarlton.com

 

The Ritz-Carlton

Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong

Housed in the city’s landmark International Finance Centre, Four Seasons is a refuge of timeless luxury.

Choose between 399 guest rooms – including 54 suites – to enjoy wall-to-wall windows with captivating vistas of the city, Victoria Harbour, Kowloon and the Peak. Accommodations feature state-of-the-art technology and vary between sleek Western style, with silk-paneled walls and marble-floored entry foyers, and contemporary Chinese style, with sculpted furnishings, gold leaf and authentic ink paintings.

The world’s only hotel to contain two Michelin three-star restaurants, Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong puts the best in Hong Kong dining under one roof.

Experience the intersection of high fashion and haute cuisine in the city’s finest French restaurant, the Caprice.

The Lung King Heen is Hong Kong’s most revered Cantonese restaurant helmed by Chan Yan Tak, the first Chinese chef to earn three Michelin stars.

Choose between lap, deep plunge or whirlpool. Or just relax and take in the view from the panoramic view from our heated infinity-edge pool.

Our 24-hour fitness center offers the height of technology, including cardio equipment with panoramic views of Victoria Harbour, and classes in tai chi, yoga and Pilates.

www.preview.fourseasons.com/hongkong/

 

Janson Media