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Knowledge Network
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<p>Knowledge Network, also branded as British Columbia's Knowledge Network and K:, is a <a href="/facts/Television_in_Canada/zpKVxowA">Canadian</a> <a href="/facts/Public_television/Ez3ayURb">publicly funded</a> <a href="/facts/Educational/WIwsQKF9">educational</a> <a href="/facts/Cable_television/GzXa4pbW">cable</a> <a href="/facts/Television_network/xq32nKxz">television network</a> serving the province of <a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a>. It is owned by the Knowledge Network Corporation, a <a href="/facts/Crown_corporation/yml2hFlI">Crown corporation</a> of the <a href="/facts/Government_of_British_Columbia/xBe3rIly">Government of British Columbia</a>, and began broadcasting on January 12, 1981. Michelle van Beusekom is the CEO. </p><p>Knowledge Network's broadcast licence is for satellite-to-cable programming. The network is available on the <a href="/facts/Bell_Satellite_TV/PcTJ1UzA">Bell Satellite TV</a> satellite service, on channel 268, on <a href="/facts/Shaw_Direct/ElRztz7F">Shaw Direct</a> channel 354, and on <a href="/facts/TELUS_Optik_TV/RILV82Ek">TELUS Optik TV</a> channel 117 (HD) and 9117 (SD). It has also been broadcast over-the-air in remote locations throughout British Columbia, with these repeater sites being operated by local volunteers in the few areas of the province where cable television is not available. The network used the <a href="/facts/Call_signs_in_North_America/vpneVQW5">call sign</a> CKNO, although the transmitters were assigned numeric callsigns with the prefix "CH" due to being <a href="/facts/Low-power_broadcasting/Hvnku8xC">low-powered</a>. </p><p>Knowledge receives funding both from the British Columbia government and from private donations. The station provides programming through its broadcast channel, websites and apps. Knowledge Network also invests in documentaries and children's programs produced by independent filmmakers and helps to develop skills within the independent production community. </p>