EBS 2TV is a South Korean
free-to-air
Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscri ...
television channel operated by
Educational Broadcasting System. The channel was launched on 11 February 2015 as Korea's first subchannel. The channel specializes primarily on middle school-aged students.
History
EBS2 was approved on 23 December 2014 and started broadcasting on 11 February 2015. The channel contributes to the fall of the burden in the Korean educational system by reaching middle school targets, while EBS1 remains as a channel for all ages. The channel opened at 3pm that afternoon with a special ceremony at the EBS facilities. Unlike EBS1, commercial advertising is prohibited, except for government campaigns, as the channel operates as a subchannel. The government limited the usage of subchannels to KBS and EBS, but the subscription television industry was worried because of the "terrestrial broadcasting monopoly".
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EBS2 schedule
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Television networks in South Korea
Korean-language television stations
Television channels in South Korea
Mass media companies of South Korea
Television channels and stations established in 2015
Mass media in Seoul
2015 establishments in South Korea