Network TwentyOne

Network Twentyone, is a training and support method for distributors working with the Amway business. It was founded in 1990 by Jim and Nancy Dornan, distributors with Amway, originally to support their Amway network in the United States and Australia. Through Network Twentyone those towards the top of the pyramid have the opportunity to create and promote motivational courses and literature directed at the lower tiers and aimed at encouraging them to recruit more members and thus to extend further the base of the pyramid. This material is known as Business Support Material (or "BSM"). The promotion of BSM to the captive market represented by the lower levels of the pyramid providing the IBOs ("Independent Business Owners") at the top with an additional and independent source of income to that derived from bonus payments arising from the sales generated by the lower levels of the organisation. The income of those who are at the top of the pyramid is derived substantially from the sales efforts of several or perhaps many levels of IBOs below them Network TwentyOne operates in more than 35 countries and is considered one of the largest Amway related organisations in the world.

Network 21 (television station)

Although there were (and are) many pirate radio stations in London, Network 21 in 1986-1987 was one of the few pirate television stations to operate in Britain. Despite only broadcasting for half an hour on a Friday nights in a part of the UHF waveband near the frequency occupied by ITV in the London area, it showcased what was happening in the then vibrant avant-garde arts scene at that time. Among others, artists like Genesis P Orridge of Psychic TV appeared in programmes documenting their work.

Vision

While the UK television industry was dominated by three companies (BBC, ITV franchise holders, Channel 4), Network 21 was an attempt to break the triopoly of the UK broadcasting industry. In an article in Broadcast Magazine, Network 21's aim was to "See a similar approach to TV as has been afforded to radio, for the BBC and ITV to release their monopoly on frequencies and make some available to the community", in the manner of low-power TV in the US. A press report by the London Evening Standard even claimed that the station had 100,000 viewers and that although it was very much in keeping with the post-punk DIY ethic, it was "definitely professional". The DIY element was that programming was shot on 8mm camcorders and transmitted on a domestic VCR connected to a UHF transmitter, but it was staffed by freelance journalists and artists.