New Evangelization Television
Encyclopedia
New Evangelization Television, or NET, is a Christian
-centered cable television
channel based in Brooklyn, New York, formerly known as The Prayer Channel. The channel broadcasts news, entertainment, children’s shows, and music, as well as religious programs.
, Rockville Center
, Bridgeport
, Newark
and Jersey City, as well as the Archdiocese of New York
, decided to use television as a means of education within their parochial schools. In 1965, production by the Brooklyn diocese began on educational and religious shows for Catholic school
s in the area, under the name Instructional Television Associates (ITA). In 1966, the newly reflagged Catholic Television Network (CTN) began broadcast from Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School
in Brooklyn. CTN still produces religious and educational material for schools.
Initially broadcast during excess time on the schedule (after school, on weekends and during summertime), The Prayer Channel was spun off from CTN in 1988. The Prayer Channel was developed via an advisory group of people in church media and diocesan agencies. Also, surveys were conducted within parishes to develop what this new channel would be. It began broadcasting as a daytime channel — either 8 am or 8:30 am until 4 pm or 4:30 pm. Gradually it added weekend daytime, then expanded to 10 pm and then twenty-four hours in 1990. The first programming schedules had a small percentage of in-house programming. Series produced by the channel included Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, Sacred Songs and The Rosary.
The channel was seen on all four cable systems serving New York City at the time, with Cablevision being the fourth to add the channel in late 1989. By 1989, it was available to 125,000 people and broadcast seven days a week from Park Slope, Brooklyn
.
for "New Evangelization" in the media, the channel revamped its image, mission and name on December 8, 2008, becoming New Evangelization Television. Television, radio, bus and web advertising, created by the Los Angeles based Forza Migliozzi, featured the Devil
urging people to reject "good TV" and instead watch "bad TV" like "reality shows with mindless plots" and "offensive" music video
s. An interactive Devil from the award winning campaign can be seen at http://www.StopGoodTV.com. At the launch, the channel's goal was to feature programming that featured New York City as its canvas and appealed to a more-diverse audience than what is typical for many religious television channels. In 2009, the channel launched its Catholic Daily News program Currents, a news-magazine program, which combines exclusive interviews and features that focus on stories of faith.
In 2010, the channel received its first Emmy Award
nomination for its original program Mysteries of the Church in the religious-programming category.
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
-centered cable television
Cable television
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channel based in Brooklyn, New York, formerly known as The Prayer Channel. The channel broadcasts news, entertainment, children’s shows, and music, as well as religious programs.
History
In 1960, six superintendents from the Roman Catholic Dioceses of BrooklynRoman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, which includes territory that was previously part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, was established as a separate diocese in 1853 when the City of Brooklyn was separate from New York City....
, Rockville Center
Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre comprises the territory of Nassau and Suffolk counties in New York state, USA. Founded in 1957, this diocese was created from territory that once belonged to the Diocese of Brooklyn...
, Bridgeport
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport is located in the south western part of the state of Connecticut, and its boundaries are the same as that of Fairfield County, Connecticut. There are 87 parishes in the diocese. Its cathedral is St. Augustine in Bridgeport.The current bishop is The Most...
, Newark
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
The Archdiocese of Newark is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in northern New Jersey, United States. Its ecclesiastic territory includes all of the Catholic parishes and schools in the New Jersey counties of Bergen, Union, Hudson and Essex .-History:Originally established as the Diocese of...
and Jersey City, as well as the Archdiocese of New York
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York covers New York, Bronx, and Richmond counties in New York City , as well as Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester counties in New York state. There are 480 parishes...
, decided to use television as a means of education within their parochial schools. In 1965, production by the Brooklyn diocese began on educational and religious shows for Catholic school
Catholic school
Catholic schools are maintained parochial schools or education ministries of the Catholic Church. the Church operates the world's largest non-governmental school system...
s in the area, under the name Instructional Television Associates (ITA). In 1966, the newly reflagged Catholic Television Network (CTN) began broadcast from Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School
Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School
Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn, New York. It is located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn.-Background:...
in Brooklyn. CTN still produces religious and educational material for schools.
Initially broadcast during excess time on the schedule (after school, on weekends and during summertime), The Prayer Channel was spun off from CTN in 1988. The Prayer Channel was developed via an advisory group of people in church media and diocesan agencies. Also, surveys were conducted within parishes to develop what this new channel would be. It began broadcasting as a daytime channel — either 8 am or 8:30 am until 4 pm or 4:30 pm. Gradually it added weekend daytime, then expanded to 10 pm and then twenty-four hours in 1990. The first programming schedules had a small percentage of in-house programming. Series produced by the channel included Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, Sacred Songs and The Rosary.
The channel was seen on all four cable systems serving New York City at the time, with Cablevision being the fourth to add the channel in late 1989. By 1989, it was available to 125,000 people and broadcast seven days a week from Park Slope, Brooklyn
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Park Slope is a neighborhood in western Brooklyn, New York City's most populous borough. Park Slope is roughly bounded by Prospect Park West to the east, Fourth Avenue to the west, Flatbush Avenue to the north, and 15th Street to the south, though other definitions are sometimes offered. Generally...
.
Recent years
Inspired by the call from Pope John Paul IIPope John Paul II
Blessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
for "New Evangelization" in the media, the channel revamped its image, mission and name on December 8, 2008, becoming New Evangelization Television. Television, radio, bus and web advertising, created by the Los Angeles based Forza Migliozzi, featured the Devil
Devil
The Devil is believed in many religions and cultures to be a powerful, supernatural entity that is the personification of evil and the enemy of God and humankind. The nature of the role varies greatly...
urging people to reject "good TV" and instead watch "bad TV" like "reality shows with mindless plots" and "offensive" music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
s. An interactive Devil from the award winning campaign can be seen at http://www.StopGoodTV.com. At the launch, the channel's goal was to feature programming that featured New York City as its canvas and appealed to a more-diverse audience than what is typical for many religious television channels. In 2009, the channel launched its Catholic Daily News program Currents, a news-magazine program, which combines exclusive interviews and features that focus on stories of faith.
In 2010, the channel received its first Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
nomination for its original program Mysteries of the Church in the religious-programming category.
Programming
- CurrentsCurrents (TV series)Currents is a daily Catholic news magazine television show on New Evangelization Television , broadcast five days a week from its studios in Brooklyn. The program examines current events through the perspective of the Catholic faith.-History:...
— a news-magazine program reporting on stories that matter to Christian faith, the first daily Catholic-news program - Mysteries of the ChurchMysteries of the ChurchMysteries of the Church is a television program that airs on New Evangelization Television , the television station for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn...
— examines the teachings and beliefs of the Catholic Faith, such as exorcismExorcismExorcism is the religious practice of evicting demons or other spiritual entities from a person or place which they are believed to have possessed...
, stigmataStigmataStigmata are bodily marks, sores, or sensations of pain in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus, such as the hands and feet...
and the EucharistEucharistThe Eucharist , also called Holy Communion, the Sacrament of the Altar, the Blessed Sacrament, the Lord's Supper, and other names, is a Christian sacrament or ordinance... - Breaking BreadBreaking Bread (TV series)Breaking Bread is a television program on New Evangelization Television thatpremiered in 2008. The hosts of the show, Tati Amare and Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello, visit a different parish every episode and discover the different restaurants around each church...
— documentaryDocumentary filmDocumentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
-style programs that depict local restaurants in the Brooklyn and QueensQueensQueens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States....
area - Faith Film FestivalFaith Film FestivalFaith Film Festival is a motion picture television program on New Evangelization Television. The show features films that are about hope, saving the environment, and faith....
— showcases films related to the Catholic faith - iCTHuS.eQICTHuS.eQICTHus.EQ is a Christian music video program that airs on New Evangelization Television. ICTHus.EQ first aired on The Prayer Channel in 2007, which eventually became NET. Currently, the fourth season of ICTHus.EQ is slated to air in the spring of 2010...
. Music variety show, includes interviews and music videos of Christian musicians - Ask the Doctor — acall-in show that has viewer’s questions fielded by a panel of doctors and other medical professionals
- Too Blessed to be StressedToo Blessed to be StressedToo Blessed To Be Stressed is a local television program on New Evangelization Television in Brooklyn, produced by the Catholic group Jovenes de Valor ministry. Hosted by David Bisono and by Jahaira Rodriguez, the program presents testimonials addressing topics such as stress, religion at work,...
— a televised radio show by the Catholic group Jovenes de Valor ministry; originates from Williamsburg, BrooklynWilliamsburg, BrooklynWilliamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordering Greenpoint to the north, Bedford-Stuyvesant to the south, Bushwick to the east and the East River to the west. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 1. The neighborhood is served by the NYPD's 90th ... - In The Arena — a current events and public affairs interview program involving issues that are of interest to Catholics in New York City.
- Liturgy: The Holy Mass and Holy Rosary — live MassMass (liturgy)"Mass" is one of the names by which the sacrament of the Eucharist is called in the Roman Catholic Church: others are "Eucharist", the "Lord's Supper", the "Breaking of Bread", the "Eucharistic assembly ", the "memorial of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection", the "Holy Sacrifice", the "Holy and...
at Cathedral Basilica of St. JamesCathedral Basilica of St. James (Brooklyn)The Cathedral Basilica of St. James is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Brooklyn. It is located at the corner of Jay Street and Cathedral Place in Downtown Brooklyn....
, Brooklyn, and the Holy RosaryRosaryThe rosary or "garland of roses" is a traditional Catholic devotion. The term denotes the prayer beads used to count the series of prayers that make up the rosary... - Collar on Call — a live, confidential call-in service offering counseling and advice from a Catholic priest
- Classic Cinema — classic movie showcase