| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | 100 Gongpyeong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul South Korea |
| Key people | Mongryong Lee CEO |
| Industry | Telecommunication Media |
| Products | Direct broadcast satellite Pay TV services & Programming |
| Employees | 280 (as of 30 April 2007) |
| Website | www.skylife.co.kr |
Korea Digital Satellite Broadcasting (Korean: 한국디지털위성방송) is a satellite broadcasting provider of South Korea.
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Brief history
- December 19, 2000 - Korean Government decided as the official satellite television provider(KT-leaded KDB Consortium)
- March 30, 2001 - Established company
- March 1, 2002 - Officially opened the satellite broadcasting service
- December 24, 2002 - Number of subscribers exceeded 500,000
- May 21, 2003 - Interactive television and Dolby 5.1 surrounding service provided for the first time in South Korean television
- September 29, 2003 - HDTV service launched
- October 28, 2003 TV SMS service launched
- November 1, 2003 - T-Commerce service launched
- November 3, 2003 - Number of subscribers exceeded 1 million
- March 24, 2004 - Interactive election broadcasting serviced for the first time in Korea
- April 11, 2005 - TV Order 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 launched
- June 14, 2006 - FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 rebroadcast to 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 exactly 2 million
- May 23, 2007 - SkyEnglishWorld, foreign language channels-only package released
Channels
Total 153 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)
- KBS1
- KBS2
- MBC
- SBS
- EBS
- Arirang TV
- Animal Planet
- AXN Korea
- BBC World
- BBC Entertainment
- CNN International
- CCTV-4
- Discovery Channel
- Disney Channel Korea
- History Channel
- NHK World Premium
For full channel number listing and click here
Source: SkyLife Official Homepage
Investments
Based on the data of December 31, 2006.[1]
- KT 24.46%
- J.P. Morgan Whitefriars 10.83%
- KBS 9.54%
- MBC 5.72%
- KTF 2.12%
- Il-jin Copperfoil Co. 1.41%
- SBS 0.95%
- Employee stock ownership of SkyLife 1.98%
- Others 42.98%
References
- ^ List of shareholders of SkyLife(Korean), taken from their official homepage.
External links
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