SBS Biz (formerly SBS CNBC) is a 24-hour business
news channel
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in
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
.
History
On August 13, 2009,
SBS took over all stocks of a sports TV channel
Xports
Xports was a South Korean sports television channel, jointly owned and operated by CJ Media and IB Sports (now Galaxia SM).
On August 13, 2009, SBS took over the channel, and on December 28, it was replaced by SBS Biz
SBS Biz (formerly SBS CN ...
, which were shared by
CJ Media (70%) and
IB Sports (30%). After a partnership agreement with
CNBC
CNBC (formerly Consumer News and Business Channel) is an American basic cable business news channel. It provides business news programming on weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Eastern Time, while broadcasting talk sho ...
(owned by
NBCUniversal
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NBCUniversal is primari ...
, a subsidiary of
Comcast
Comcast Corporation (formerly known as American Cable Systems and Comcast Holdings),Before the AT&T merger in 2001, the parent company was Comcast Holdings Corporation. Comcast Holdings Corporation now refers to a subsidiary of Comcast Corpora ...
) which taken on October 22, 2009,
CNBC and SBS (Seoul Broadcasting System) Announce Plans to Launch 24-hour Korean Business News Channel
CNBC
CNBC (formerly Consumer News and Business Channel) is an American basic cable business news channel. It provides business news programming on weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Eastern Time, while broadcasting talk sho ...
, Retrieved on December 28, 2009 Xports was shut down and replaced by SBS CNBC on December 28, 2009. Most of its programme are being made in high definition. On January 1, 2021, SBS ended a partnership with CNBC and rebranded as SBS Biz.
See also
* SBS
References
External links
*
Biz
24-hour television news channels in South Korea
Korean-language television stations
Television channels and stations established in 2009
Business-related television channels
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