Knowledge TV
| Knowledge TV | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 1987 (as Mind Extension University) |
| Closed | 2000 |
| Owned by | Jones International/Jones Media Group |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Centennial, CO |
Knowledge TV was a cable television channel owned by Jones Media Group that broadcast educational programming. The network was established in November 1987 as Mind Extension University. Through a partnership with more than 30 colleges and universities, accredited college courses were broadcast.[1] Students would submit papers and assignments either by mail or fax. By January 1997, the network was renamed Knowledge TV,[2] and by that time it was carrying several programs dealing with new media and Silicon Valley businesses, including New Media News from KRON-TV in San Francisco, and many computer education programs such as Stewart Cheifet's Computer Chronicles. The network reached about 25 million subscribers, although many cable systems only carried the network part-time, using it to fill downtime on public access networks and late night paid programming blocks on networks such as Discovery Channel.
In 1999, Discovery Communications bought out the network[3] and it was closed in 2000, as Discovery planned to give cable operators the option of converting the channel to Discovery Health.[4]
References
- ↑ "Jones Timeline | Jones International". www.jones.com. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
- ↑ "Education Network Jumps Pond", Rebecca Cantwell, Rocky Mountain News, 31 January 1997, "Knowledge TV, formerly called Mind Extension University, is available to about...".
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20151118155450/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-55067835/discovery-bulks-up-knowledge.html. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2012. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Discovery People Fades Out". Multichannel. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-17.