# Knowledge TV
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{{Infobox television channel
| name = Knowledge TV
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| launch_date = {{start date|1987|11|15}}
| closed_date = {{end date|2000}}
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| owner = [Jones International](/source/Jones_International)/[Jones Media Group](/source/Jones_Radio_Networks)
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| key_people = [Glenn R. Jones](/source/Glenn_R._Jones)
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| country = [United States](/source/United_States)
| language = [English](/source/English_language)
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| headquarters = [Centennial, CO](/source/Centennial%2C_CO)
| former_names = Mind Extension University
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'''Knowledge TV''' was a [cable television](/source/cable_television) channel owned by [Jones Media Group](/source/Jones_Radio_Networks) that broadcast educational programming. The network was established on November 15, 1987[{{cite book |title=Television & Cable Factbook |date=1995 |publisher=Warren Publishing |location=Washington, DC |page=H-138 |edition=Volume 63 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1995-TV-Factbook/TV-Factbook-1995-Services.pdf |access-date=23 June 2021}}] as '''Mind Extension University'''. At launch it partnered with [Colorado State University](/source/Colorado_State_University) and [Annenberg Foundation](/source/Annenberg_Foundation). The network was openly broadcast, and students were charged tuition to obtain credit for the course. Students submitted homework and contacted instructors via telephone.[{{cite magazine |title=Old College Try |magazine=Broadcasting Magazine |date=November 23, 1988 |page=75 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/87-OCR/BC-1987-11-23-OCR-Page-0075.pdf |access-date=22 June 2021}}] The following year, [Washington State University](/source/Washington_State_University), the [University of Minnesota](/source/University_of_Minnesota), [Oklahoma State University](/source/Oklahoma_State_University), and [SUNY/Empire State College](/source/Empire_State_College) also signed on.[{{cite journal |title=Mind extension |journal=Broadcasting Magazine |date=September 26, 1988 |page=64 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/88-OCR/BC-1988-09-26-OCR-Page-0064.pdf |access-date=22 June 2021}}] Eventually, 30 colleges and universities partnered with Mind Extension.[{{Cite web|title = Jones Timeline {{!}} Jones International|url = http://www.jones.com/views/timeline|website = www.jones.com|accessdate = 2015-11-17}}] Students submitted papers and assignments either by mail or fax. In 1993, Jones Media Group CEO [Glenn R. Jones](/source/Glenn_R._Jones) founded [Jones International University](/source/Jones_International_University) (JIU) as a new all-online university. JIU achieved regional accreditation in 1999 but closed in 2015.
In late 1996,[{{cite magazine |title=Advertisement |magazine=Broadcasting Magazine |date=October 14, 1996 |page=55 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/96-OCR/BC-1996-10-14-OCR-Page-0055.pdf |access-date=22 June 2021}}] the network was renamed Knowledge TV,[[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924162237/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67650414.html "Education Network Jumps Pond"], Rebecca Cantwell, [Rocky Mountain News](/source/Rocky_Mountain_News), 31 January 1997, "Knowledge TV, formerly called Mind Extension University, is available to about...".] and by that time, it carried several programs dealing with new media and [Silicon Valley](/source/Silicon_Valley) businesses, including ''New Media News'' from [KRON-TV](/source/KRON-TV) in [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco), and many computer education programs such as [Stewart Cheifet](/source/Stewart_Cheifet)'s ''[Computer Chronicles](/source/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](/source/Public-access_television) networks and late night paid programming blocks on networks such as [Discovery Channel](/source/Discovery_Channel).
In 1999, [Discovery Communications](/source/Discovery_Communications) bought out Knowledge TV[{{Cite web |last=Dempsey |first=John |date=1999-06-18 |title=Discovery bulks up with Knowledge TV |url=https://variety.com/1999/tv/news/discovery-bulks-up-with-knowledge-tv-1117503225/ |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}] and it was closed in 2000, as Discovery planned to give cable operators the option of converting the channel to [Discovery Health](/source/Discovery_Health_Channel).[{{Cite web|title = Discovery People Fades Out|url = http://www.multichannel.com/news/orphan-articles/discovery-people-fades-out/148472|website = Multichannel|accessdate = 2015-11-17|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117223439/http://www.multichannel.com/news/orphan-articles/discovery-people-fades-out/148472|archivedate = 2015-11-17}}]
==References==
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Category:Television channels and stations established in 1987
Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 2000
Category:Defunct television networks in the United States
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