KBS World
| KBS World | |
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| Owned by | KBS |
| Country | South Korea |
| Broadcast area | International |
| Sister channel(s) | World Radio Network |
| Website | world.kbs.co.kr |
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| Satellite | |
| GVT (Brazil) | Channel 145 |
| Cable | |
| StarHub TV (Singapore) | Channel 115 |
| TrueVisions(Thailand) | Channel 144 |
| IPTV | |
| mio TV (Singapore) | Channel 38 |
KBS World is a name of Korean Broadcasting System's international broadcasting service. It consists of KBS World Radio and a KBS World television channel.
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[edit] History
The foreign-language radio broadcast from KBS (before its restructure into a public broadcaster in March 1973) was started as "The Voice of Free Korea" in 1953. It officially became a part of KBS in July 1968. The station was renamed "Radio Korea" in March 1973, and then "Radio Korea International" in August 1994.
In July 2003, KBS World, an international television channel aimed at Koreans abroad, started broadcasting. In March 2005, "Radio Korea International" became KBS World Radio
[edit] Services
[edit] Radio
KBS World Radio is South Korea's sole foreign language promotional broadcast for the entire world. Its programming features news, culture, music, entertainment, as well as Korean lessons.
KBS World Radio currently broadcasts in Korean, English, Japanese, French, Russian, Mandarin, Spanish, Indonesian, Arabic, German and Vietnamese.
[edit] Television
KBS World's TV programming is sourced from KBS's domestic television services. It mainly broadcast in Korean, but subtitles in English and Chinese are also provided.
Apart from the signals from Seoul, there are two separate services operated by KBS's subsidiaries for specific market: the Japanese version of KBS World, operated by KBS Japan, targets Japanese audiences, while the American version of KBS World, operated by KBS America, targets audiences in both North and South America.
This channel also available on Reliance BIG TV in India.
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