PBS Product Licensing Revenue

An intangible revenue stream generated by the Public Broadcasting Service through sale and licensing of program rights, merchandise, and syndication fees. Manifest in budget summaries, licensing contracts, royalty statements, and line items on agency balance sheets, it registers as neat dollar figures and terse ledger entries rather than a physical object. Characters invoke it as a concrete talking point—a number waved across conference tables, quoted by aides to justify cuts, and rebutted by Toby with righteous indignation—so the 'revenue' functions as a measurable fiscal artifact in argument and policymaking.