Knowledge TV

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.

Knowledge TV
Launched1987 (1987) (as Mind Extension University)
Closed2000 (2000)
Owned byJones International/Jones Media Group
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersCentennial, CO

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
  1. "Jones Timeline | Jones International". www.jones.com. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  2. "Education Network Jumps Pond", Rebecca Cantwell, Rocky Mountain News, 31 January 1997, "Knowledge TV, formerly called Mind Extension University, is available to about...".
  3. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-55067835/discovery-bulks-up-knowledge.html. Retrieved September 22, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Discovery People Fades Out". Multichannel. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
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