KT SkyLife (

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: KT스카이라이프) is a

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provider in

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. It is a subsidiary of

KT Corporation KT Corporation (Hangul: 주식회사 케이티), formerly Korea Telecom, is a South Korean telecommunications company. KT is the second-largest wireless carrier in South Korea, with 16.493 million subscribers as of Q4 2017. The formerly fully ...

Brief history

* December 19, 2000 - The

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decided to create an official satellite television provider ( KT-lead KDB Consortium). * March 30, 2001 - The company was founded. * March 1, 2002 - Officially began to provide

service. * December 24, 2002 - Total number of subscribers exceeded 500,000. * May 21, 2003 -

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and

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surround sound capabilities provided for the first time in

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. * September 29, 2003 - HDTV services and the SkyHD channel launched. * October 28, 2003 - TV SMS services launched. * November 1, 2003 -

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service launched. * November 3, 2003 - Total number of subscribers exceeded 1 million. * March 24, 2004 - Interactive election broadcasting service provided for the first time in Korea. * April 11, 2005 - TV ordering service launched for the first time in Korea. * May 3, 2005 - TV Banking service launched for the first time in Korea. * June 14, 2006 - FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 rebroadcast in North Korea. * November 20, 2006 - SkyPVR personal video recording service launched for the first time in Korea. * December 31, 2006 - Number of subscribers amounted to 1.96 million, resulting in yearly profit of 3.6 billion won. * February 24, 2007 - Number of subscribers reached 2 million. * May 23, 2007 - SkyEnglishWorld English language channels only package released. * April 1, 2008 - H.264 HD service launched * January 1, 2009 - SkyEn, exclusive channel for men entertainment, was launched. * March 5, 2009 -

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launched. * July 1, 2009 - Qook TV Skylife, joint service with Saterlite broadcast and IPTV's VOD, launched. * January 1, 2010 - Sky3D, first 3D channel service in Korea, was launched. * March 25, 2011 - Number of subscribers reached 3 million. * March 29, 2011 - The company renamed from Korea Digital Satellite Broadcasting to KT Skylife because KT became the largest shareholder and took control of the company. * May 30, 2011 - The KTSkylife New Channel ''This-co''launched 2011. * July 31, 2011 - HDChannel 101Channels, New launched 2011 (Channel One, Entertainment, SBS-CNBC, News) * December 31, 2011 - Entertainment Channel New 2011 Skyrainbow High-def launched * January 1, 2012 - Channel IT, Data Channel For Korean, launched. * July 1, 2012 - Ch.N, The M Relaunched

Channels

Total 200 channels as of April 2008 includes: (92 Video Channels/41 Audio Channels/20 Interactive Channels) International Network (Asia Package) Basic Pack *

KBS1 The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) () is the national broadcaster of South Korea. Founded in February 1927, it is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. KBS operates seven radio networks, ten television channels, a ...

KBS2 The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) () is the national broadcaster of South Korea. Founded in February 1927, it is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. KBS operates seven radio networks, ten television channels, a ...

* MBC * SBS *

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Arirang TV Arirang International Broadcasting is a South Korean-based broadcasting company operated by the International Broadcasting Exchange Foundation. It began as a cable TV service in South Korea on February 3, 1997, and opened Korea's first overseas ...

* tvN Korea * Mnet Korea *

SBS Plus SBS Plus is a 24-hour drama and entertainment television channel in South Korea. Programs * I Order You * Girls' Love Story * Slimmy Lunch Box * Among Chefs * Janghodaegyeol Joonghwadaebanjeom (강호대결 중화대반점) * Stargram * Sonm ...

SBS funE SBS FunE (stylised SBS funE, formerly UTV, E! and SBS E!) is a South Korean cable and satellite television channel owned by SBS. Launched as UTV on August 16, 2005, it became E! on January 1, 2009 after an agreement between SBS and Comcast on S ...

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SBS Sports SBS Sports is a South Korean pay television sports channel that broadcasts major sports events including the Olympics, FIFA World Cup and professional sports in Korea such as baseball and volleyball. It also broadcasts the Ligue 1, boxing matches ...

SBS Biz SBS Biz (formerly SBS CNBC) is a 24-hour business news channel in South Korea. History On August 13, 2009, SBS took over all stocks of a sports TV channel Xports, which were shared by CJ Media (70%) and IB Sports (30%). After a partnership ag ...

SBS MTV SBS M is a South Korean pay television music channel owned by SBS Medianet, a division of SBS Media Holdings. It features South Korean pop artists, international music, news, and a few reality and variety programs. It was launched in 2001 as t ...

* MBC Every 1 *

MBC M MBC M (formerly MBC Music) () is a South Korean specialty television channel owned by MBC Plus Media. The cable channel primarily broadcasts programming related to music. The channel opened on February 1, 2012, with a new music program ''Show ...

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MBC Sports MBC may refer to: Broadcasting * Major Broadcasting Cable Network, renamed to Black Family Channel * Malawi Broadcasting Corporation, a Malawian state-run radio company * Manila Broadcasting Company, in the Philippines * Mauritius Broadcasting C ...

* MBC Net * MBC Dramanet *

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* AXN Korea * NOW Korea *

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Super Action OCN Thrills is a television channel in South Korea owned by CJ ENM E&M Division, a division of CJ Group. It was formerly known as OCN Action and Super Action. They were focused on both Action film and Thriller film Thriller film, also kno ...

Orion Cinema Network OCN (originally an initialism of the Orion Cinema Network) is a movie channel on basic cable throughout South Korea, owned by CJ ENM CJ ENM (, CJ Entertainment aNd Merchandising) is a South Korean entertainment and retail company founded in ...

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* History Korea * Lifetime Korea * 서울신문 STV *

JTBC JTBC (shortened from ''Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company'' (; stylized as jtbc) is a South Korean nationwide pay television network. Its primary shareholder is JoongAng Holdings, with a 25% stake. It was launched on 1 December 2011. JTBC ...

* JTBC 2 * JTBC 4 * JTBC Golf & Sports *

JTBC Golf JTBC (shortened from ''Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company'' (; stylized as jtbc) is a South Korean nationwide pay television network. Its primary shareholder is JoongAng Holdings, with a 25% stake. It was launched on 1 December 2011. JTBC ...

YTN YTN () is the first 24-hour Korean news channel to be broadcast throughout South Korea. It was founded on September 14, 1993, and began broadcasting on March 1, 1995. YTN originally stands for ''Yonhap Television News'', as the channel was the s ...

* MBN * TV Chosun (TV조선) * Channel A Korea * Zee Bollywood * TRT Turk * CCTV 4 Asia * Smithsonian Channel * WION TV * SEA Today * CGTN * NHK World Premium * FOX News * Aniplus *

Tooniverse Tooniverse (; portmanteau short for ''Cartoon Universe'') is a cartoon and anime channel broadcast by CJ ENM E&M Division (formerly On-Media), in South Korea. Tooniverse commenced airing in December 1995 and is currently one of the leading anima ...

* more all channels Source: SkyLife Official Homepage

Investments

Based on the data of March 31, 2011.List of shareholders of SkyLife
(Korean), taken from their official homepage. * KT 52.93% * KT Network 0.12% * KBS 7.17% * MBC 4.30% * Others 35.47%

References

External links

Official Homepage (Korean)

Official Homepage (English)
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