Knowledge Channel (abbreviated as KCh) is a

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television channel owned by

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that consists of educational and informative programs. The channel is available on digital TV via

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, Cablelink and other cable providers. It also livestreams online via

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while a

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service is available on

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History

Elvira "Rina" M. López-Bautista established the non-profit organization Sky Foundation, Inc. in June 1999; it would later be renamed the Knowledge Channel Foundation, Inc. (KCFI) in 2003. The Knowledge Channel began broadcasting on November 6, 1999, replaced The FYI Channel on Sky Cable channel 16 (later moved to channel 42 and now to channel 5) with 18 hours of educational programs on cable television that supplemented the curriculum of the

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(later the Department of Education). The foundation entered into a 10-year memorandum of agreement (MoA) with the department, with the latter proclaiming the channel as required viewing in all public schools in 2000 and has since then renewed its partnership with another 10 year MoA signed in November 2009. KCFI's first two original programs are ''Kasaysayan TV'' and '' Pamana''. In 2015, the channel started airing on digital TV via

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. It went off-air on June 30, 2020, following an alias cease-and-desist order issued by the

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in connection with the expiration of ABS-CBN franchise. As of 2019, Bautista is the President and Executive Director of KCFI, with Oscar M. López as Chairman and

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as Vice-President. In August 2020, the channel operates at 24/7 with the launch of ''School at Home''. On October 5, 2021, Knowledge Channel resumed its digital TV broadcast through a partnership with the

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, owned by the Bethlehem Holdings, Inc., a media investment company of

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's Group Retirement Fund. In addition, the channel reverted to its regular broadcast operations from 6:00 am to 11:00 pm.

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