KT SkyLife (
Korean
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* Korean cuisine
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* Korean language
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**Korean dialects and the Jeju language
** ...
: KT스카이라이프) is a
satellite broadcasting provider in
South Korea
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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
South Korean government
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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
satellite broadcasting service.
* December 24, 2002 - Total number of subscribers exceeded 500,000.
* May 21, 2003 -
Interactive television
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and
Dolby 5.1
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surround sound capabilities provided for the first time in
South Korean television.
* September 29, 2003 - HDTV services and the SkyHD channel launched.
* October 28, 2003 - TV SMS services launched.
* November 1, 2003 -
T-Commerce 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 -
Discovery HD World
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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
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KBS operates seven radio networks, ten television channels, ...
*
KBS2
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KBS operates seven radio networks, ten television channels, a ...
*
MBC
*
SBS
*
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* Educational Broadcasting System, South Korea
** EBS 1, a South Korean television channel
* Emergency Broadcast System, former US Warning system
...
*
Arirang TV
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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
* Son ...
*
SBS funE
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Launched as UTV on August 16, 2005, it became E! on January 1, 2009 after an agreement between SBS and Comcast on S ...
*
SBS Golf
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* Special Broadcasting Servic ...
*
SBS Sports
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*
SBS Biz
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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
*
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 '' Sho ...
*
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*
MBC Sports
*
MBC Net
*
MBC Dramanet
*
Animal Planet
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*
Animax Korea
*
AXN Korea
*
NOW Korea
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Celestial Movies
*
Super Action
*
Orion Cinema Network
*
Cartoon Network
*
Channel NewsAsia
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*
Nat Geo Wild
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*
Discovery Channel
* History Korea
* Lifetime Korea
*
서울신문 STV
*
JTBC
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*
JTBC 2
*
JTBC 4
*
JTBC Golf & Sports
*
JTBC Golf
*
YTN
*
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
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Tooniverse commenced airing in December 1995 and is currently one of the leading anim ...
* 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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KT Group
Companies based in Seoul
Mass media companies of South Korea
Direct broadcast satellite services
Television channels and stations established in 2001
South Korean companies established in 2001