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{{short description|Canadian TV channel in British Columbia}}
{{Distinguish|Knowledge Channel}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Knowledge Network
| logo = Knowledge_Network_2012.svg
| logo_size = 260px
| logo_caption = Logo used since 2012
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1981|1|12}}
| closed_date = 
| picture_format = [[1080i]] ([[High-definition television|HDTV]])<br />[[480i]] ([[Standard-definition television|SDTV]])
| network = 
| owner = Knowledge Network Corporation
| parent = [[Executive Council of British Columbia|Government of British Columbia]]
| country = Canada
| area = British Columbia<br>Alberta
| headquarters = [[Burnaby]], [[British Columbia]]
| replaced = 
| sister_channels = 
| timeshift_service = 
| website = {{URL|https://www.knowledge.ca}}
| terr_serv_1 = 
| terr_chan_1 = 
| sat_radio_serv_1 = 
| sat_radio_chan_1 = 
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}}
'''Knowledge Network''', also branded as '''British Columbia's Knowledge Network''' and '''K:''', is a [[Television in Canada|Canadian]] [[public television|publicly funded]] [[educational]] [[cable television|cable]] [[television network]] serving the province of [[British Columbia]]. It is owned by the Knowledge Network Corporation, a [[Crown corporation]] of the [[Government of British Columbia]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/lc/statreg/07022_01|title=Knowledge.ca|website=www.knowledge.ca|language=en|access-date=2018-03-02|archive-date=2018-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303050740/http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/lc/statreg/07022_01|url-status=live}}</ref> and began broadcasting on January 12, 1981. Michelle van Beusekom is the CEO.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/michelle-van-beusekom-named-new-ceo-of-b-c-s-knowledge-network/ |title=Michelle van Beusekom named new CEO of B.C.'s Knowledge Network |access-date=2023-04-18 |archive-date=2023-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418043532/https://broadcastdialogue.com/michelle-van-beusekom-named-new-ceo-of-b-c-s-knowledge-network/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Knowledge Network's broadcast licence is for satellite-to-cable programming. The network is available on the [[Bell Satellite TV]] satellite service, on channel 268, on [[Shaw Direct]] channel 354, and on [[Optik TV|TELUS Optik TV]] channel 117 (HD) & 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 [[callsign]] '''CKNO''',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2017/2017-183.htm|title=Call for licence renewal applications|first=Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|last=(CRTC)|website=crtc.gc.ca|access-date=17 November 2018|archive-date=16 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116131640/https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2017/2017-183.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> although the transmitters were assigned numeric callsigns with the prefix "CH" due to being [[low-power broadcasting|low-powered]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1994/DB94-444.htm|title=ARCHIVED - Decision CRTC 94-444|first=Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|last=(CRTC)|website=crtc.gc.ca|access-date=17 November 2018|archive-date=17 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117104853/https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1994/DB94-444.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.global-cm.net/TV%20CAN-BC.pdf|title=BRITISH COLUMBIA – TV Reception By Location|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327015650/http://www.global-cm.net/TV%20CAN-BC.pdf|archive-date=March 27, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Knowledge receives funding both from the British Columbia government and from public donations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.knowledge.ca/partners|title=Knowledge Partners|url-status=dead|access-date=2018-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303050805/https://www.knowledge.ca/partners|archive-date=2018-03-03}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.knowledge.ca/about|title=Knowledge.ca|website=www.knowledge.ca|language=en|access-date=2018-03-02|archive-date=2018-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303050855/https://www.knowledge.ca/about|url-status=live}}</ref>