WNET Launches All Arts Channel and Streaming Platform

WNET, parent company of New York’s PBS stations Thirteen and WLIW21 and operator of NJTV, has announced the debut programming for All Arts, a broadcast channel and streaming platform promoting all forms of creative expression. The station will "present a dynamic array of new programs that range from the experimental to the established, across a wide range of genres: dance, film, literature, music, theater, visual art, and design," WNET said in a release.

Select programming is now available on the web, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. The full network, including the TV channel and streaming apps on iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV will launch on January 28, 2019. Series to premiere during the ALL ARTS launch week include ALL ARTS Vault, which premieres Tuesday, January 29 at 8 p.m. with an episode on Toni Morrison. The episode "revisits a rare and intimate 1978 profile of the Nobel Prize-winning author," WNET said in a release, adding: "Originally airing shortly after the publication of Morrison’s novel Song of Solomon, this program features candid interviews as well as Morrison’s readings of her own works."