{"id":780,"date":"2013-12-11T12:07:33","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T10:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=780"},"modified":"2013-12-11T12:07:33","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T10:07:33","slug":"channel-ed-africas-knowledge-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2013\/12\/11\/channel-ed-africas-knowledge-portal\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel ED: Africa&#8217;s Knowledge Portal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Education Is The Future. We Take You There<\/h3>\n<p><!--?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?--><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CHANNEL ED is Africa\u2019s exciting and pioneering new knowledge portal where a dazzling combination of global high-end documentary television combines with hundreds of hours of brand new local and continental content bringing to viewers young and old a unique cutting-edge edu-explosion.<\/p>\n<p><!--?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?--><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CHANNEL ED brings 21st Century innovations, developments and discoveries right to the doorstep of the knowledge-hungry, the achievers, the holders of the future, as the world\u2019s top experts unlock a compelling world of power and knowledge, where education comes alive.<\/p>\n<p><!--?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?--><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>From physics to finance, from culture to chemistry, from natural to supernatural, CHANNEL ED brings together the learned and the learning, where for the first time on African television, viewers access the world\u2019s leading minds in an interactive, vibrant arena of ideas, innovations and discovery.<\/p>\n<p><!--?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?--><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Boasting specially-tailored television viewing packages relating to age groupings, from teenagers to middle aged viewers, CHANNEL ED crosses scientific boundaries, cultures and thinking as it offers global excellence to quench the thirst for knowledge and empowerment.<\/p>\n<h4>The Structure<\/h4>\n<p><!--?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?--><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Each weekday broadcast of science, technology, culture, arts, history, medical and business from Africa and the world features an exciting combination of new presenter-driven content aimed at three specific age-group categories throughout the day, interspersed with mind-blowing international documentary content sourced from world TV distribution leaders Deutsche Welle and Off The Fence.<\/p>\n<h4>The Break Down<\/h4>\n<p><!--?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?--><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CHANNEL ED aims to challenge and excite audiences with a new viewing pattern &#8211; a pattern both pioneering and unique. Age-specific content is seamlessly woven into each daily broadcast, specially-designed to speak to a specific viewer.<\/p>\n<p>CHANNEL ED offers 6 hours of new content divided into 3 groups:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>S (small \u2013 ages 15-18)<\/li>\n<li>M (medium \u2013 ages 18-25)<\/li>\n<li>L (large \u2013 ages 25-49)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The six hours of new content a day comprises:<\/p>\n<p>16:00 \u2013 17:00ED hour &#8211; content aimed at adults (L).<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">17:00 \u2013 18:00 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Global content<br \/>\n<\/span>18:00 \u2013 19:00 \u00a0\u00a0ED hour &#8211; content aimed at 15-18 year olds (S)<br \/>\n19:00 \u2013 20:00 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Global content<br \/>\n20:00 \u2013 21:00 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ED hour &#8211; content aimed at 18 \u2013 25 year olds (M)<br \/>\n21:00 \u2013 22:00 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Global content<\/p>\n<p><!--?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?--><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Education is the most powerful weapon, which you can use to change the world.\u00a0<\/em>Nelson Mandela.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education Is The Future. We Take You There CHANNEL ED is Africa\u2019s exciting and pioneering new knowledge portal where a dazzling combination of global high-end documentary television combines with hundreds of hours of brand new local and continental content bringing to viewers young and old a unique cutting-edge edu-explosion. CHANNEL ED brings 21st Century innovations,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2013\/12\/11\/channel-ed-africas-knowledge-portal\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Channel ED: Africa&#8217;s Knowledge Portal<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}