Yonhap News TV explained
| Yonhap News TV |
| Native Name: | | Child: | yes | | Hangul: | 연합뉴스TV | | Rr: | Yeonhap Nyuseu TV | | Mr: | Yŏnhap Nyusŭ TV |
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| Type: | Private |
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| Founded: | in Seoul, South Korea |
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| Hq Location: | Yulgok-ro, Jongno District |
| Hq Location City: | Seoul |
| Hq Location Country: | South Korea |
| Areas Served: | --> |
| Equity: | 310,000,000,000 won |
| Equity Year: | 2014 |
Yonhap News TV (Korean: 연합뉴스TV), stylised as YONHAP NEWS TV, is a South Korean pay television network and broadcasting company, owned by the Yonhap News Agency-led consortium. It began broadcasting on 1 December 2011.[1] Yonhap News TV started broadcasting with four new South Korean nationwide generalist cable TV networks. Those are JoongAng Ilbo's JTBC, Dong-A Ilbo's Channel A, Chosun Ilbo's TV Chosun, and Maeil Kyungje's MBN in 2011.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] 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 and Yonhap News TV elected as an All-News Cable Channel Broadcaster.
- 1 December 2011 – Yonhap News TV begins broadcasting.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Shin Hae-in. New cable channels go on air. The Korea Herald. 2013-06-02. 30 November 2011.
- Web site: Kim Tong-hyung. What else can new channels do to boost ratings?. The Korea Times. 2013-06-02. 12 December 2011.
- Web site: Noh Hyun-gi. Four new TV channels face uncertain futures. The Korea Times. 2013-06-02. 4 January 2012.
- Web site: Yoon Ja-young. Low ratings weigh on new channels. The Korea Times. 2013-06-02. 20 January 2012.
- Web site: Kim Tong-hyung. New channels remain 'anonymous'. The Korea Times. 2013-06-02. 6 June 2012.
- Web site: Bae Ji-sook. 'New TV channels are niche, not gold mine'. The Korea Herald. 2013-06-02. 29 November 2012.
