Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company
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| Type | Cable television network |
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| Country | South Korea |
| Availability | South Korea |
| Slogan | Colorful JTBC |
| Owner | Joongang Media Network (25%) DY Asset (5.92%) JoongAng Ilbo (5%) TV Asahi 3.08% Turner Asia Pacific Venture 2.64% |
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Key people
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Kim Su-gil (President) Hong Jeong-do (CEO) |
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Launch date
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1 December 2011 (cable) |
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Official website
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JTBC |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | |
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| Hanja | 제이티비씨 |
| Revised Romanization | Jusikhoesa Jeitibissi |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chusikhoesa Cheit'ipissi |
| JTBC | |
|---|---|
| Country | South Korea |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| SkyLife | Channel 15 (HD) |
| Cable | |
| Available on most South Korean cable systems | Check local listings for details |
| IPTV | |
| B TV | Channel 15 (HD) |
| U+ TV | Channel 15 (HD) |
| Olleh TV | Channel 15 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| 64MA TV | Search and Click on JTBC |
| KPlayer TV | Channel 4 (Not available in Korea.) |
JTBC (Hangul: 제이티비씨) is a South Korean nationwide general cable TV network and broadcasting company, in which the largest shareholder is JoongAng Ilbo/JoongAng Media Network with 25% of shares. It was launched on December 1, 2011.
JTBC is one of four new South Korean nationwide general cable TV networks alongside Dong-A Ilbo's Channel A, Chosun Ilbo's TV Chosun and Maeil Kyungje'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.
The JoongAng Ilbo, which used to be a part of the Samsung Group, had owned a TV station before. In 1964 it founded the Tongyang Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) and ran the network for 16 years. In 1980 however TBC was forcibly merged with the state-run KBS by the military regime of Chun Doo-hwan. Market watchers see the return of JoongAng Ilbo to television in JTBC as the reincarnation of TBC.
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