From Jim Metrock: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s miserable unit Channel One Network is helpless when schools trash their TV show. Consider Gulfport High School’s refusal to show Channel One News according to the “contract” they have with the company. On a regular day the school allows five minutes for school announcements and any remaining time...
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From Jim Metrock: Three years ago, Channel One News was forced to send this letter to the relatively few schools that still had their TV equipment. It marked the end of the original Channel One News – the one that was extremely profitable back in the 90’s. In 2012 the few remaining executives at Channel One...
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From Jim Metrock: This is the current Channel One contract with schools as of July 21, 2014: Network Participation Agreement General Terms This Network Participation Agreement (this “Agreement”) sets forth the terms and conditions pursuant to which the subject school (the “School”) is entitled to participate in the Educational Network (the “Network”)...
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No matter what your product or how useless it is, Channel One News can increase your sales because – get this – kids HAVE to be shown your commercials DURING the school day. It’s part of the contract. c1reachmoreeffectivesaleslit1998
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From Jim Metrock: I can understand why school officials at Hahnville High School in Boutte, Louisiana do it, but it is still wrong. Hahnville High has a contract with Channel One, LLC based in New York City. Channel One has loaned Hahnville a TV network in exchange for a contractual promise to show the...
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From Jim Metrock: Claxton Middle School in Claxton, GA is a “Channel One school.” It’s probably a typical “Channel One school” in that it cheats. Isn’t it awful when a school cheats? Here’s how they cheat: Claxton is suppose to show the 12-minute Channel One News in its entirety. Yet they only allow eight...
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A Channel One Contract In the early 90’s Alabama school systems signed contracts with Whittle Communications, the parent company of Channel One News. Whittle sold Channel One to the present owners, PRIMEDIA, Inc., in 1994. The original contract remained controlling as the contract automatically renewed every three years. PRIMEDIA rarely replaced the old contracts. That explains why “Whittle”...
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