A new media spinout provides streaming apps for public service broadcasters. I just wish it was open.

Link: Cascade PBS launches Local Public as standalone streaming tech company, by Matthew Keys at The DeskI’ve got some complicated feelings about this announcement from Cascade PBS:“Cascade PBS, the non-profit television station serving western Washington state, has spun out its technology division into a separate company that will help similar public broadcasters carve out their own streaming and digital identities.The new company, Local Public, will help develop streaming applications for connected TVs, mobile devices and the web, allowing public television stations to offer locally branded streaming experiences featuring their own programming alongside national PBS content.”On one hand, I absolutely love that they were able to spin out their technology division. Most public media companies don’t have the resources or skills to build their own tech, and building this capability outside of any one station so that all of them can take advantage of it makes a lot of sense to me.The…