TV Chosun

TV Chosun (Korean: TV조선; Hanja: 株式會社朝鮮放送; Jusikhoesa Joseon Bangsong; literally "Company Korea Broadcasting"), stylised as TV CHOSUN, is a South Korean pay television network and broadcasting company, owned by the Chosun Ilbo-led consortium. It began broadcasting on December 1, 2011.[1]

TV Chosun
Native name
Korean name
Hangul
TV조선
Hanja
TV朝鮮
Revised RomanizationTV Joseon
McCune–ReischauerTV Chosŏn
Company typePrivate
FoundedJanuary 28, 2011 (2011-01-28) in Seoul, South Korea
HeadquartersSejongno, Jung District,
Seoul
,
South Korea
Key people
  • Kim Min-bae (CEO)
  • Bang Jung-oh (CEO)
  • Bang Sang-hoon (Chairman)
Revenue153,172,893,532 won (2018)
-1,036,465,441 won (2018)
3,276,761,531 won (2018)
Total assets270,716,352,671 won (2018)
Total equity310,000,000,000 won (2018)
Owner
Members289 (2018)
Subsidiaries
  • Chosun Media Rep
  • Chosun Image Vision
  • HIGROUND Co., Ltd.
Websitewww.tvchosun.com

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

  • July 22, 2009: Amendment of Media law passed the South Korean national assembly to deregulate the media market of South Korea.
  • December 31, 2010: JTBC, TV Chosun, MBN, and Channel A elected as a General Cable Television Channel Broadcasters.
  • December 1, 2011: TV Chosun begins broadcasting.

Dramas

Monday–Tuesday

  • Korean Peninsula (February 6 – April 3, 2012)

Wednesday–Thursday

  • Operation Proposal (February 8 – March 29, 2012)

Friday–Saturday

  • Into the Flames (April 25 – June 28, 2014)

Saturday–Sunday

  • Ji Woon-soo's Stroke of Luck (April 21 – June 24, 2012)
  • Bride of the Century (February 22 – April 12, 2014)
  • The Greatest Marriage (September 27 – December 27, 2014)
  • Grand Prince (March 3 – May 6, 2018)
  • Babel (January 27 – March 24, 2019)
  • Joseon Survival Period (June 8 – August 17, 2019)
  • Queen: Love and War (December 14, 2019 – February 9, 2020)
  • Kingmaker: The Change of Destiny (May 17 – July 26, 2020)
  • Get Revenge (November 21, 2020 – January 17, 2021)
  • Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) (January 23 – March 14, 2021)
  • Uncle (December 11, 2021 – January 30, 2022)
  • Red Balloon (December 17, 2022 – February 26, 2023)
  • Durian's Affair (June 24 – August 13, 2023)
  • My Happy Ending (December 30, 2023 – February 25, 2024)
  • DNA Lover (June 2024)
  • History of a Loser (2024)

Saturday

  • Becoming Witch (June 25 – September 10, 2022)

Sunday

  • Leverage (October 13 – December 8, 2019)

See also

References

  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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