YTN
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Type | Non free-to-air television (via Skylife and Cable TV) |
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Country | South Korea |
Availability | National International |
Owner | YTN Group |
Key people | Pyo Wan-su, CEO |
Launch date | 1995 (television); 2005 (DMB) |
Website www.ytn.co.kr |
YTN (KRXQ: 040300, Yonhap Television News, Catch phrase: Yesterday, Today and Now, Your True Network) is a 24-hour news channel in South Korea. This channel can be referred as 'Korea's CNN'.[citation needed] It was founded on September 14, 1993 as a subsidiary of Yonhap News Agency "Yonhap Television News", and began broadcasting on March 1, 1995.
[edit] History
- 09/14/93 YTN was founded
- 03/01/95 Began broadcasting
- 04/08/00 Merged with Seoul Tower, constructing an integrated broadcast transmission tower
- 03/01/04 Moved to YTN tower, next to the South Gate of Seoul (Sungnyemun)
- 01/31/08 Korean government approved YTN FM Radio.
- 04/01/08 YTN FM Radio Began broadcasting in Seoul city. FM 94.5mhz
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- YTN Official Homepage (Korean)
- YTN corporate information (English)
- client.jp YTN link to live streaming blog (Japanese)
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