TV Chosun ( ko, TV조선;
Hanja
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(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...
: 株式會社朝鮮放送; ''Jusikhoesa Joseon Bangsong''; literally "Company Korea Broadcasting"), stylised as TV CHOSUN, is a South Korean
pay television
Pay television, also known as subscription television, premium television or, when referring to an individual service, a premium channel, refers to Subscription business model, subscription-based television services, usually provided by multichan ...
network and broadcasting company, owned by the ''
Chosun Ilbo
''The Chosun Ilbo'' (, ) is a daily newspaper in South Korea and the oldest daily newspaper in the country. With a daily circulation of more than 1,800,000, the ''Chosun Ilbo'' has been audited annually since the Audit Bureau of Circulations w ...
''-led consortium. It began broadcasting on 1 December 2011.
TV Chosun is one of four new
South Korea
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n nationwide generalist
cable TV networks alongside
JoongAng Ilbo
''The JoongAng'', formally known as ''JoongAng Ilbo'', is a South Korean daily newspaper published in Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the three biggest newspapers in South Korea, and a newspaper of record for South Korea. The paper also pub ...
's
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 ...
,
Dong-A Ilbo
The ''Dong-A Ilbo'' (, literally ''East Asia Daily'') is a newspaper of record in Korea since 1920 with a daily circulation of more than 1.2 million and opinion leaders as its main readers. ''The Dong-A Ilbo'' is the parent company of Dong-A M ...
's
Channel A, and
Maeil Kyungje
The ''Maeil Business Newspaper'' is South Korea's main daily business newspaper. , it had a circulation of roughly 900,000. The president of the publishing company is Chang Dae-hwan.
The publishing company Maekyung Media Group also hosts the ...
's
MBN in 2011.
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
* 22 July 2009 - Amendment of Media law passed the South Korean national assembly to deregulate the media market of South Korea.
* 31 December 2010 - JTBC, TV Chosun, MBN, and Channel A elected as a ''General Cable Television Channel Broadcasters''.
* 1 December 2011 – TV Chosun begins broadcasting.
See also
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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 ...
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MBN
References
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Broadcasting companies of South Korea
Conservative media in South Korea
Television channels in South Korea
Television channels and stations established in 2009