KBS World

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KBS World

Type	Satellite television network
Country	South Korea
Availability	International
Owner	KBS
Launch date	July 1, 2003
Website world.kbs.co.kr

KBS World is an international broadcasting service provided by Korean Broadcasting System. It consists of KBS World Television and KBS World Radio. The broadcasting service is for both Koreans living around the world and local viewers.

Contents 1 History 2 Content 3 Local Partners 3.1 USA 3.2 Japan 3.3 Hong Kong 3.4 Singapore 3.5 Philippines 3.6 Malaysia 3.7 Indonesia 3.8 India 3.9 Poland 3.10 Germany 3.11 Romania 3.12 Latin America 3.13 Middle East 4 Logos

[edit] History

[edit] Content

Content for KBS World comes from KBS' 2 local terrestrial channel, KBS1 and KBS2. Just about all genres of programming can be seen in KBS World television service including News, Dramas, Documentaries, Sports, Children's programming. For most programming, audio is in Korean while around 60% of broadcasting hour is provided with English subtitles. Localized versions such as KBS Japan and KBS America have different programming schedules with KBS Japan also putting Japanese subtitles on programming for almost 90% of broadcasting hour.

[edit] Local Partners

As of February 2008, KBS World is accessible to around 40 million viewers around the world in 54 countries. Local cable or DTH satellite service providers carry KBS World as a 24 hour service as part of their channel package. Some of the local partners include:

[edit] USA

Dish Network, Time Warner Cable and several local terrestrial networks

[edit] Japan

SkyperfecTV, J:Com and several other cable operators

[edit] Hong Kong

Hong Kong Cable TV

[edit] Singapore

StarHub CableTV and mio TV

[edit] Philippines

SkyCable (an ABS-CBN subsidiary) and several other cable operators

[edit] Malaysia

Astro

[edit] Indonesia

Indovision, Telkomvision (a Telkom Indonesia subsidiary) and other DTH and Cable Operators

[edit] India

DD Direct Plus Sun direct

[edit] Poland

Cyfra+

[edit] Germany

Kabel BW and several cable operators

[edit] Romania

UPC Romania

[edit] Latin America

Cable Operators from 11 countries, which are Costa Rica, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Paraguay, Peru, Bolivia.

[edit] Middle East

Arabsat 4D DTH service and Orbit

[edit] Logos

2005-present