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South Korean broadcasting company
KT SkyLife
(
Korean
: KT스카이라이프) is a
satellite broadcasting
provider in
South Korea
. It is a subsidiary of
KT Corporation
.
Brief history
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- December 19, 2000 - The
South Korean government
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
and
Dolby 5.1
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
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
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The total 200 channels as of April 2008 includes: (92 Video Channels/41 Audio Channels/20 Interactive Channels)
International Network (Asia Package)
Basic Pack
Source: SkyLife Official Homepage
Investments
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Based off data from March 31, 2011.
[1]
- KT
52.93%
- KT Network 0.12%
- KBS
7.17%
- MBC
4.30%
- Others 35.47%
References
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External links
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