JTBC
Type | Cable television network |
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Country | South Korea |
Availability | South Korea |
Slogan | Colorful JTBC |
Owner |
Joongang Media Network (25%) DY Asset (5.92%) JoongAng Ilbo (5%) TV Asahi 3.08% Turner Asia Pacific Venture 2.64% |
Key people | Kim Su-gil (President) Hong Jeong-do (CEO) |
Launch date | 1 December 2011 (cable) |
Official website |
JTBC |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 주식회사 제이티비씨 |
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Hanja | 株式會社 제이티비씨 |
Revised Romanization | Jusikhoesa Jeitibissi |
McCune–Reischauer | Chusikhoesa Cheit'ipissi |
JTBC | |
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Country | South Korea |
Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Availability | |
Satellite | |
SkyLife | Channel 15 (HD) |
Cable | |
Available on most South Korean cable systems | Check local listings for details |
IPTV | |
B TV | Channel 15 (HD) |
U+ TV | Channel 15 (HD) |
Olleh TV | Channel 15 (HD) |
Streaming media | |
64MA TV | Search and Click on JTBC |
KPlayer TV | Channel 4 (Not available in Korea.) |
JTBC (Hangul: 제이티비씨) is a South Korean nationwide general cable TV network and broadcasting company, in which the largest shareholder is JoongAng Ilbo[1]/JoongAng Media Network with 25% of shares.[2] It was launched on December 1, 2011.[3]
JTBC is one of four new South Korean nationwide general cable TV networks alongside Dong-A Ilbo's Channel A, Chosun Ilbo's TV Chosun and Maeil Kyungje's MBN in 2011.[4][5][6][7][8] The four new networks supplement existing conventional free-to-air TV networks like KBS, MBC, SBS and other smaller channels launched following deregulation in 1990.
History
The JoongAng Ilbo, which used to be a part of the Samsung Group, had owned a TV station before. In 1964 it founded the Tongyang Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) and ran the network for 16 years. In 1980 however TBC was forcibly merged with the state-run KBS by the military regime of Chun Doo-hwan. Market watchers see the return of JoongAng Ilbo to television in JTBC as the reincarnation of TBC.[9]
Timeline:
- 26 June 1965: Tongyang Broadcasting Corporation was launched.
- 7 December 1965: TBC-TV Started broadcasting on channel number 7.
- 30 November 1980: TBC-TV merged into KBS Television by the special law of Chun Doo-hwan, president of military authorities, resulting in the launching of KBS 2TV.
- 22 July 2009: Amendment of the Media law passed the national assembly to deregulate the media market of South Korea.
- 31 December 2010: JTBC, TV Chosun, MBN, Channel A selected as General Cable Television Channel Broadcasters.
- 11 March 2011: JoongAng Ilbo established JTBC corporation.[10]
- 1 December 2011: JTBC (Channel number 15) started broadcasting.[11]
- January 2015: JTBC constructs a new building in Digital Media City in Sangam-dong, Seoul.
- May 2015: Former MBC news anchor Sohn Suk-hee was designated as JTBC's new president for its news division.[12]
- December 2015: Knowing Bros was released and Kang Ho-dong and Lee Soo-geun is main MC. [13]
Programs
See also
References
- ↑ 종편-제이티비씨 "중앙미디어네트워크가 최대 주주인 제이티비씨"
- ↑ 종편 주주 현황 어떻게 - 경향신문 "이에 따르면 중앙일보가 참여하는 '제이티비씨'는 납입자본금이 4220억원으로 가장 많고 중앙미디어네트워크가 최대 주주로 지분 25%를 보유하고 있다."
- ↑ Shin Hae-in (30 November 2011). "New cable channels go on air". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
- ↑ Kim Tong-hyung (12 December 2011). "What else can new channels do to boost ratings?". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
- ↑ Noh Hyun-gi (4 January 2012). "Four new TV channels face uncertain futures". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
- ↑ Yoon Ja-young (20 January 2012). "Low ratings weigh on new channels". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
- ↑ Kim Tong-hyung (6 June 2012). "New channels remain 'anonymous'". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
- ↑ Bae Ji-sook (29 November 2012). "'New TV channels are niche, not gold mine'". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
- ↑ Four New TV Broadcasting Networks Debut in S. Korea "New broadcast channel JTBC is actually the reincarnation of the Samsung group’s Tongyang Broadcasting Company, the nation’s first private broadcaster."
- ↑
- ↑ "A fresh start by JTBC". Korea JoongAng Daily. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
- ↑ Kim Hee-jin; Han Eun-hwa (11 May 2013). "JTBC chooses news chief". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ↑ 장, 소윤 (2015-12-04). "[JTBC 아는 형님]강호동-이수근 케미 다시볼 수 있어 '영광' (종합)".
External links
- JTBC official website (Korean)
- JTBC on Facebook
- JTBC on Twitter