KT SkyLife (Korean: KT스카이라이프) is a satellite broadcasting provider in South Korea. It is a subsidiary of KT Corporation.
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.
January 25, 2006 - BBC World News launched.
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-colaunched 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
Total 200 channels as of April 2008 (92 Video Channels/41 Audio Channels/20 Interactive Channels)
(full 'list of channels' on Skylife will upload soon. These channels are the sneak preview of it)International Network(Asia Package)
KBS1
KBS2
MBC
SBS
EBS
Arirang TV
tvN
Mnet
Animal Planet
AXN
BBC World News
BBC Entertainment
CNN International
Cartoon Network
Channel NewsAsia
YTN
CCTV-4
C Music TV
Discovery Channel
Discovery HD World
Disney Channel
Disney Junior
Eurosport
History Channel
NHK World Premium
NHK World TV
Spacetoon
서울신문 STV
Sundance Channel
Zee Next
Zee Live
Wion Tv
Zee Magic
TEN 2 HD
For full channel number listing and click here
Source: SkyLife Official Homepage
Based on the data of March 31, 2011.
KT 52.93%
KT Network 0.12%
KBS 7.17%
MBC 4.30%
Others 35.47%
