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ResearchChannel was an American educational cable television network operated by a consortium of universities, foundations, government agencies, corporations, and learned societies. It began broadcasting in 1996 and discontinued operations in 2010.
History
ResearchChannel was established in 1996 under the name Research TV by a group of American universities. Its studios were physically located at theUniversity of Washington
The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the Uni ...
's Kane Hall throughout its existence. Participating institutions produced and provided original programming highlighting their research and innovations to air on the station and also provided funding.
During its early existence, a period which predated YouTube
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, ResearchChannel partnered with Google
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to make its programs available for free download. It also collaborated with companies such as Microsoft
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to help advance what were then new video technologies, such as high definition web streaming.
In March 2010 the University of Washington – which had heavily subsidized the network by providing its physical space, satellite uplink, website maintenance, and studio staff – announced it would end its support of ResearchChannel. The network went off-air at the end of August 2010.
Availability
ResearchChannel was carried on channel 9400 of theDish Network
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as well as cable television channels in select American markets. It also aired over-the-air on several terrestrial television
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stations: KAMU-TV
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(College Station, Texas
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), KWSU-TV (Pullman, Washington
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), KYES-TV (Anchorage, Alaska
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), KUJH-LP (Lawrence, Kansas
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), and WPSU-TV (State College, Pennsylvania
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).
Governance
The board of directors of ResearchChannel, as of 2007, consisted ofRita R. Colwell
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, David L. Evans, Ron Johnson, Ann Moore, James J. O'Donnell, Steve Smith, Ann Stunden, and Marshall Turner.
Member institutions of ResearchChannel included the American Meteorological Society
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, the National Institutes of Health
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, Rutgers University
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, the National University of Singapore
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, Stanford University
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, Tulane University
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, the University of Chicago
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, Yale University
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, the University of Pennsylvania
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, Internet2
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, the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology
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, the National Science Foundation
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, Microsoft, IBM
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, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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, among others.
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:ResearchChannel Television channels and stations established in 1996 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2010 English-language television stations in the United States Educational and instructional television channels Science education Television networks in the United States Defunct television networks in the United States American educational websites University of Washington organizations 1996 establishments in Washington (state) 2010 disestablishments in Washington (state)