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KT SkyLife

South Korean broadcasting company

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KT SkyLife

Company type	Public
Traded as	KRX: 053210
Industry	Telecommunication Media
Founded	2001
Headquarters	918-1 Mok-dong, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Key people	Cheol-Soo Kim CEO
Products	Direct broadcast satellite Pay TV services & Programming
Number of employees	283 (as of 31 December 2010)
Parent	KT Corporation
Website	skylife.co.kr (archived)

KT SkyLife (Korean: KT스카이라이프) is a satellite broadcasting provider in South Korea. It is a subsidiary of KT Corporation.

Brief history[edit]

• 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 BroadcastingtoKT 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

Channels[edit]

The total 200 channels as of April 2008 includes: (92 Video Channels/41 Audio Channels/20 Interactive Channels)

International Network (Asia Package) Basic Pack

• KBS1
• KBS2
• MBC
• SBS
• EBS
• Arirang TV
• tvN Korea
• Mnet Korea
• SBS Plus
• SBS funE
• SBS Golf
• SBS Sports
• SBS Biz
• SBS MTV
• MBC Every 1
• MBC M
• MBC ON
• MBC Sports
• MBC Net
• MBC Dramanet
• Animal Planet
• Animax Korea
• AXN Korea
• NOW Korea
• Celestial Movies
• Super Action
• Orion Cinema Network
• Cartoon Network
• Channel NewsAsia
• Nat Geo Wild
• Discovery Channel
• History Korea
• Lifetime Korea
• 서울신문 STV
• JTBC
• JTBC 2
• JTBC 4
• JTBC Golf & Sports
• JTBC Golf
• YTN
• MBN
• TV Chosun (TV조선)
• Channel A Korea
• Zee Bollywood
• TRT Turk
• CCTV 4 Asia
• Smithsonian Channel
• WION TV
• SEA Today
• CGTN
• NHK World Premium
• FOX News
• Aniplus
• Tooniverse
• more all channels

Source: SkyLife Official Homepage

Investments[edit]

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[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official Homepage (Korean)
• Official Homepage (English)