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Cable in the Classroom was an American division of the
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that assisted the
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industry in providing educational content to schools. The organization was founded in 1989. A
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organization, also called "Cable in the Classroom" ("La câblo-éducation" in French), was founded in 1995, and held the same scope as the US organization. Cable stations broadcast
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programs at specific times (usually early in the morning) commercial-free and notified Cable in the Classroom as to when the shows would air, which maintained a master list for educators to reference. This way, educators were able to record the programs for free and use them in school as learning tools for children.
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s were cleared so that educators could use the content of the listed programs as they wished for their syllabus and learning plans. Over the years however, many networks discontinued any effort at promoting Cable in the Classroom or setting aside programming for the organization's purposes, ceding more to
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of their educational television programming to teachers and school districts via their
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departments, their
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sites, or in the cases of networks such as
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,
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and
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, removing their involvement altogether, commensurate with the Internet ending other cable services tied to traditional scheduling such as "near
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". Another factor was likely the decline in VHS recorders, as DVRs with non-portable storage became the recording format of choice over
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s, the equivalent successor to VCRs.
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also played a factor in the reduction of Cable in the Classroom, as educators can now access and play content at any time via computers connected to in-classroom televisions and
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s rather than on a set schedule. In 2014, Cable in the Classroom was entirely discontinued in the United States with '' CNN Student News'' the only program left under the effort, and the NCTA redirected the former Cable in the Classroom portal to promote their "Cable Impacts Foundation"
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arm instead. The Canadian effort ended as
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cable and satellite providers purchased networks and campaigned successfully for the
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to relax
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restrictions that defined them to schedule programming in a certain manner, including educational programming.


Programs

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Crashbox ''Crashbox'' is an educational children's television series co-created by Eamon Harrington and John Watkin for HBO Family that ran from 1999 to 2000 in the United States. It was HBO's second attempt (their first being ''Braingames'' 15 years ear ...
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Dora the Explorer ''Dora the Explorer'' is an American children's animated television series and multimedia franchise created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner that premiered on Nickelodeon on August 14, 2000, went on hiatus on June 5, 20 ...
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How It's Made ''How It's Made'' (''Comment c'est fait'' in French) is a Canadian documentary television series that premiered on January 6, 2001, on the Discovery Channel in Canada and the Science Channel in the United States. The program is produced in t ...
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Jep! ''Jep!'' is an American children's television game show, adapted from the quiz show ''Jeopardy!'' It aired first on Game Show Network throughout the 1998–99 season, and then on Discovery Kids through late 2004. It was hosted by voice actor Bob Be ...
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Little Einsteins ''Little Einsteins'' is an American animated children's television series based on the Baby Einstein line of videos. It was produced by The Baby Einstein Company (which, at the time, was owned by Disney) and animated by Curious Pictures. The ser ...
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Nick News ''Nick News'' (formerly titled ''Nick News W/5'' and later ''Nick News with Linda Ellerbee'') is an American educational television news magazine aimed at children and teenagers. It originally aired on Nickelodeon from 1992 to 2015. It also aired ...
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Special Agent Oso ''Special Agent Oso '' () was an American computer animation, computer-animated children's television series. The series was created by Ford Riley. It premiered on April 4, 2009 with 2 episodes airing that day as part of Disney Channel's Playhou ...
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The Weather Classroom ''The Weather Classroom'' is an educational program for children that aired on The Weather Channel from 1993 to 2007. It was part of the Cable in the Classroom initiative, and aired at a time when the show could be recorded for later showings in ...
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Wheel 2000 ''Wheel 2000'' (also known as ''Wheel of Fortune 2000'') is a children's version of the American game show '' Wheel of Fortune,'' produced by Scott Sternberg Productions and Columbia TriStar Television (and the last version of ''Wheel'' of any sor ...
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See also

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Channel One News Channel One News was an American news content provider. The daily news program was accompanied by commercial advertising for marketing in schools, with supplementary educational resources. The Peabody award-winning Channel One News program was ...
- first a satellite, later an Internet streaming video service offering a newscast designed for classroom use {{DEFAULTSORT:Cable In The Classroom 1989 establishments in the United States 2014 disestablishments in the United States Educational television Non-profit organizations based in Washington, D.C. Non-profit organizations based in Canada Cable television in the United States Cable television in Canada Organizations established in 1989