Yonhap News TV

Yonhap News TV
	Yonhap News TV logo
Native name
Korean name
Hangul	연합뉴스TV
Revised Romanization	Yeonhap Nyuseu TV
McCune–Reischauer	Yŏnhap Nyusŭ TV
Company type	Private
Founded	March 15, 2011; 13 years ago in Seoul, South Korea
Headquarters	Yulgok-ro, Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea
Key people	Seong Ghi-hong (President & CEO); Choo Seung-ho (Head of Press); Maeng Chan-hyung (Press Chief);
Total equity	310,000,000,000 won (2014)
Owner	Yonhap News Agency (28.01%); Eulji General Hospital (9.92%); Hwasung Development (8.26%); Yesol Savings Bank (7.44%); Others (46.37%);
Website	www.yonhapnewstv.co.kr

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[edit]

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.

References[edit]

^ Shin Hae-in (30 November 2011). "New cable channels go on air". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
^ Kim Tong-hyung (12 December 2011). "What else can new channels do to boost ratings?". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
^ Noh Hyun-gi (4 January 2012). "Four new TV channels face uncertain futures". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
^ Yoon Ja-young (20 January 2012). "Low ratings weigh on new channels". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
^ Kim Tong-hyung (6 June 2012). "New channels remain 'anonymous'". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
^ Bae Ji-sook (29 November 2012). "'New TV channels are niche, not gold mine'". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2013-06-02.

External links[edit]

Official website (in Korean)

[1] Shin Hae-in (30 November 2011). "New cable channels go on air". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2013-06-02.

[2] Kim Tong-hyung (12 December 2011). "What else can new channels do to boost ratings?". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-06-02.

[3] Noh Hyun-gi (4 January 2012). "Four new TV channels face uncertain futures". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-06-02.

[4] Yoon Ja-young (20 January 2012). "Low ratings weigh on new channels". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-06-02.

[5] Kim Tong-hyung (6 June 2012). "New channels remain 'anonymous'". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-06-02.

[6] Bae Ji-sook (29 November 2012). "'New TV channels are niche, not gold mine'". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2013-06-02.

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