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In South Korea, there are a number of national television networks, the three largest of which are KBS, MBC, and SBS. Most of the major television studios are located on Yeouido--an island in middle of the Han River--in Seoul.

Important genres of television shows include serial dramas (soap operas), historical dramas, variety shows, game shows, news programs, and documentaries. All three networks have produced increasingly lavish historical dramas in recent years. Some South Korean television programs are available on satellite and multicultural channels in North America. Korean dramas have become popular in other East Asian and Southeast Asian countries, with whole sets of videotapes or DVDs of series available, complete with Chinese subtitles.

Shopping channels have become quite popular in recent years as well, and the models sometimes put on entertaining acts during product pitches.

There are many cable operators in South Korea, such as Tbroad, C&M, and CJ. The cable TV subscriber is approximately 14 million. The cable operator provides TPS to its subscribers.

[edit] List of television channels

All of them are free-to-air channels. Furthermore, All of them are the official Digital Television and DMB provider of the nation(Since 2005, approved by the Korean Government).

[edit] Government owned channels

Name	Owner	Launch	Genre	Slogan	Description
KBS 1TV	KBS	December 31, 1961	General entertainment featuring news and sport, etc.	Korean's Manifested Channel
KBS 2TV	KBS	December 1980	General entertainment featuring variety shows and sport, etc.	Youth Channel
MBC	MBC	August 8, 1969	General entertainment featuring news and variety shows, etc.	Good Friend	Its name is literally "Culture Broadcasting Corporation".
EBS	EBS	December 27, 1990	General Infotainment featuring documentaries, 2nd language education programmes, etc.	A truly good channel

[edit] Corporate channels

In South Korea, lots of corporate television network has been created after the deregulation taken in 1990.^[1] Apart from OBS Kyeongin TV, All of them are affiliated with SBS.

Name	Owner	Launch	Covers	Genre	Slogan
SBS TV	SBS Holdings	March 20, 1991	Seoul and its suburbs	General entertainment featuring variety shows and drama, etc.	Given Happiness, Gain Love
OBS Kyeongin TV	Yeong-an Hat Co.	December 28, 2007	Seoul and its suburbs	General entertainment with local contents, independent of SBS	Your light of Hope and Share
KNN	KNN Corp.	May 14, 1995	Busan and Gyeongnam	General entertainment with some local contents
TBC	TBC Corp.	May 14, 1995	Daegu and Gyeongbuk	General entertainment with some local contents
KBC	KBC Corp.	May 14, 1995	Gwangju and Jeonnam	General entertainment with some local contents
TJB	TJB Corp.	May 14, 1995	Daejeon and Chungnam	General entertainment with some local contents
UBC	UBC Corp.	September 1, 1997	Ulsan, eastern part of Gyeongnam	General entertainment with some local contents
JTV	JTV Corp.	September 17, 1997	Jeonbuk	General entertainment with some local contents
CJB	CJB Corp.	October 18, 1997	Chungbuk	General entertainment with some local contents
GTB	GTB Corp.	December 15, 2001	Gangwon	General entertainment with some local contents
JIBS	JIBS Corp.	May 31, 2002	Jeju	General entertainment with some local contents

[edit] References

^ South Korea, The Museum of Broadcast Communications, Retrieved on March 21, 2009

[edit] See also

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[0] South Korea, The Museum of Broadcast Communications, Retrieved on March 21, 2009

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[edit] List of television channels

[edit] Government owned channels

[edit] Corporate channels

[edit] References

[edit] See also