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Hangul
  
주식회사조선방송

Founded
  
28 January 2011

Hanja
  
株式會社朝鮮放送

Chosun Broadcasting Company

Revised Romanization
  
Jusikhoesa Joseon Bangsong

McCune–Reischauer
  
Chusik‘oesa Chosŏn Pangsong

CEO
  
Byun Yong Sik (27 Mar 2015–)

TV shows
  
Bride of the Century, The Greatest Marriage, Operation Proposal, Into the Flames, Saving Mrs Go Bong Shil

Profiles

Chosun Broadcasting Company (Korean: 주식회사조선방송; Hanja: 株式會社朝鮮放送; Jusikhoesa Joseon Bangsong; literally "Company Korea Broadcasting"), also known as TV Chosun, is a South Korean nationwide general cable TV network and broadcasting company, owned by the Chosun Ilbo-led consortium. It began broadcasting on December 1, 2011.

TV Chosun is one of four new South Korean nationwide general cable TV networks alongside JoongAng Ilbo's JTBC, Dong-A Ilbo's Channel A, 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.

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.
  • 1 December 2011 – TV Chosun begins broadcasting.
  • References

    Chosun Broadcasting Company Wikipedia