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title: "Is PBS AIM down? PBS AIM status"
url: "https://www.openstatus.dev/status/pbs/aim"
description: "Live PBS AIM status, uptime over the last 45 days and recent incidents, tracked by openstatus."
---

# Is PBS AIM down?

**Answer:** No, PBS AIM is not down. All PBS AIM systems are operational.

- Status: operational
- Checked: 2026-11-07T09:50:02Z
- User reports in the last 15 minutes: 0
- Part of: [PBS](/status/pbs.md)
- Official status page: https://status.pbs.org
- About: In early 2017, the PBS 24/7 KIDS channel was made available to stations via satellite for rebroadcast and multiple system operator (MSO) retransmission in their local designated market area (DMA). As part of the rebroadcast, stations can program sponsorship and interstitial content into 65-second breaks at the end of each scheduled program. These 65-second breaks in the linear stream when stations can insert an interstitial are referred to as avails (short for availability). The Avail / Interstitial Manager (AIM) distinguishes station-specific streams instead of user-specific streams, which means all users localized to your station will see interstitial content from your station alone. The basic workflow for using this tool is pretty straightforward and entails: uploading your video file as a pod scheduling your pod to appear in the linear stream viewing reporting details on your pod elements The Avail console can be accessed at https://aim.console.pbs.org/

## Last 45 days

2 of 2 tracked days without issues.

## Incidents affecting AIM

| Started | Incident | Impact | Duration |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-01-21 | [AIM Interruptions](https://stspg.io/9l271mfwbf2x) | maintenance | 22h 2m |
| 2025-03-14 | [AIM Interstitials not playing on the PBS KIDS livestream](https://stspg.io/blt1m54s1gyz) | minor | 10d 4h |
| 2024-06-11 | [AIM Interstitial Incident](https://stspg.io/v9q6gyfrpc98) | major | 22h 9m |

## Links

- HTML page: /status/pbs/aim
- Service: /status/pbs.md