KBS World (TV channel)
For the specific versions in Japan and North America, see KBS World (Japan) and KBS World (United States).
| KBS World | |
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| Launched | July 1, 2003 |
| Owned by | Korean Broadcasting System |
| Slogan | More Than You Imagine |
| Language |
Korean English (for subtitling formal English news television channel branding and the KBS World News television programme) Malay Chinese |
| Broadcast area | International |
| Sister channel(s) |
KBS 1TV KBS 2TV |
| Website | kbsworld.kbs.co.kr |
Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Astro (Malaysia) |
Channel 391 (SD) Channel 392 (HD On Demand) |
| Kristal-Astro (Brunei) |
Channel 391 (SD) Channel 392 (HD On Demand) |
| NJOI (Malaysia and Brunei) |
Channel 391 (SD) Channel 392 (HD On Demand) |
| Cable | |
| StarHub TV (Singapore) |
Channel 115 (HD) (Malay) Channel 166 (HD On Demand) (Malay) Channel 506 (HD) (English) Channel 507 (HD On Demand) (English) Channel 849 (HD) (Chinese) Channel 524 (HD On Demand) (Chinese) |
| SkyCable (Philippines) | Channel 75 (Digital) |
| Cablelink (Philippines) | Channel 71 (Digital) |
| Destiny Cable (Philippines) | Channel 75 (Digital) |
| Cable TV Hong Kong (Hong Kong) | Channel 36 |
| Cignal Digital TV (Philippines) | Channel TBA |
| IPTV | |
| Astro B.yond (Malaysia) | Channel 392 (HD On Demand) |
| Mio TV (Singapore) |
Channel 325 (HD) (English) Channel 326 (HD On Demand) (English) Channel 523 (HD) (Chinese) Channel 524 (HD On Demand) (Chinese) Channel 606 (HD) (Malay) Channel 607 (HD On Demand) (Malay) |
KBS World is a South Korean television channel operated by Korean Broadcasting System aimed at international audiences outside South Korea. It was launched on July 1, 2003. It mainly broadcast in Korean, but subtitles in English, Chinese and Malay are also provided. The HD version of the channel will start broadcasting on September 3, 2012 for the regions of Asia,Western Europe, Africa and Oceania. The SD version will still be available for the regions that are not affected by the change.[1]
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 Koreans in North America.
Programming
Programs on KBS World are sourced from KBS's two domestic television services; KBS1 and KBS2. Just about all genres of programming can be seen in KBS World television service including news, dramas, documentaries and children's programming. Broadcasts mostly in Korean, it also shows an English language news bulletin, KBS World News Today, on weekdays, and other original productions like The Three Colors of Korea.
Sister channels
KBS World operates two sister channels:
- KBS World 24 airs news and documentaries without English subtitles.
- KBS World Latino, set up by KBS America, airs entertainment content subtitled or dubbed into Latin Spanish.
Local Partners
As of December 2009, KBS World is accessible to around 40 million viewers around the world in 71 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:
| Broadcasting country | Type | Platform | Channel name | Ch # | Packages | Category | Subscribers(households) | Coverage | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | Satellite | DIRECTV | KBS America | 2082 | Public | 14.1 million homes(or 40 million viewers)- as of March 1, 2010 | Nationwide(USA) | AMERICA'S TOP 120 package has only 2 Asian channels.(KBS,CCTV) | |
| USA | Satellite | DIRECTV | KBS America | 2082 | Public | Nationwide(USA) | |||
| USA | Cable | Time Warner Cable | KBS America | 159 | Choice Tier | Southern California 216 cities(Los Angeles, Orange County, Hollywood, Beverly Hills ...etc.)USA | |||
| USA | Cable | Cox Cable | KBS America | 473 | Free TV Pak | Palos Verdes, CA (USA) | |||
| USA | Cable | Cox Cable | KBS America | 473 | Free TV Pak | Orange County, CA (USA) | |||
| USA | Cable | Comcast | KO-AM TV | 257 | Seattle, WA(USA) | ||||
| USA | Cable | Cox Cable | WKTV-KBS | 450 | International Tier | Fairfax County, VA(USA) | |||
| USA | Cable | Comcast | WKTVX-KBS | 668 | Montgomery County, Baltimore County, MD(USA) | ||||
| USA | Cable | Time Warner Cable | MKTV(Media Korea) | 532(TWC) | DTValue (TWC Package) | New York/New Jersey (USA) | |||
| USA | Cable | Cablevision | MKTV(Media Korea) | 261(CV) | New York/New Jersey (USA) | ||||
| USA | Cable | Charter Communications | KTN | 101, 102 | Ch. 101(LaGrange
, Athens- Digital Basic), Ch. 102(Gwinnett County , Smyrna-Digital Basic) |
Metro Atlanta, GA (USA) | |||
| USA | Terrestrial television(over-the-air television) | WKTB-LD | KTN, KBS (480i) | 47.2 | Free, a digital converter set top box and antenna may be necessary | Metro Atlanta-KTN Channel 47(W47DN), a 10KW digital channel is an over the air channel which has a coverage area reaching from Gwinnett to Fulton and from Cobb to Dekalb., GA (USA) | |||
| USA | Terrestrial television(over-the-air television) | KICU | KBS World | 36.2; Comcast cable channel 197 | Free, a digital converter set top box and antenna may be necessary; Free on Comcast | San Francisco, CA(USA) | |||
| USA | Cable | Time Warner Cable | KBS America | 80 | Standard Service (Digital)/Included w/All Digital Svcs-Basic | Hawaii(USA) | Has an ad sales partnership with KBFD-DT/Honolulu | ||
| Japan | Satellite | SKY PerfecTV | KBS World | 656-HD, 791-SD | Valuable Pack(Basic)-¥4,700/mo | FOREIGN DRAMA & VARIETY | 2.56 million | Nationwide(Japan) | Sky Perfect TV is the largest satellite provider in Japan Valuable Pack's only one ASIAN-origins of foreign-Channels(KBS World) |
| Japan | Cable | J:COM | KBS World | 756 | (Basic) | Entertainment and Culture | 3.27 million | Nationwide 40 cities (Japan) | Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM), Japan's Largest Cable Operator |
| Japan | Cable | JCN(Japan CableNet), a majority-owned unit of KDDI Corp | KBS World | 313 | デジ ックス(Digital max)¥4,800/mo | Entertainment | 900,000 subscribers(as of the end of September 2009) | 20 cities Tokyo,Osaka...etc.(Japan) | Japan Cablenet, is the second-biggest cable provider in Japan |
| Japan | Broadband | ひかりTV(Hikari TV)-NTT's Hikari-TV network | KBS World | 552-HD, 883-SD | ベーシックチャンネル(Basic channel) | Entertainment | 700,000 subscribers(27.05.09) | Nationwide(Japan) | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (日本電信電話株式会社), commonly known as NTT, is a telephone company that dominates the telecommunication market in Japan. NTT is the largest telecommunications company in Asia, and the second-largest in the world in terms of revenue.[2] |
| Japan | Broadband | BBTV- Yahoo Japan Broadband | KBS World | 210 | Entertainment | Nationwide(Japan) | |||
| Japan | Cable | MCN-Miyazaki(宮 崎)Cable TV | KBS World | 51 | (Basic)¥3,990/mo | Entertainment | Miyazaki(Japan) | ||
| Japan | Cable | STARCAT CABLE NETWORK | KBS World | 311 | Nagoya(Japan) | ||||
| Japan | Cable | Komadori cable | KBS World | 301 | digital plan ¥4,200/mo | Nara(奈 良縣)(Japan) | |||
| Japan | Cable | KCN Kyoto | KBS World | 301 | digital plus ¥4,095/mo | Kyoto(京都)(Japan) | |||
| Japan | Cable | Baycom TV | KBS World HD | 547 | Baycom TV HDTV(Basic) ¥3,045/mo | Osaka(大阪)(Japan) | |||
| Japan | Cable | Itscom | KBS World | 301 | Mini pak(option), Max pak(Basic) | Tokyo, Kanagawa (Japan) | |||
| Japan | Cable | Honjo TV | KBS World | 276 | (Basic) | Entertainment | Honjō, Saitama (Japan) | ||
| Japan | Cable | Cable TV Adachi | KBS World | 791 | (Basic) | 海外ドラマ・バラエティ・韓流 ¥4,400/mo | Adachi, Tokyo(Japan) | ||
| Japan | Cable | JCTV | KBS World | 791 | (Basic) | Drama ¥3,990/ | Tokushima德島(Japan) | ||
| Japan | Cable | Lucky-town TV | KBS World | 14 | (Basic) ¥4,200/mo | Foreign Language | Kuwana, Mie桑名市 (Japan) | ||
| Japan | Cable | K-CAT | KBS World | 791 | (Basic) | Foreign Language ¥4,515/mo | Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto, Siga, Nara, Wakayama(Japan) | ||
| Japan | Cable | eonet | KBS World HD | C890 | CS digital(Basic) | Osaka(Japan) | |||
| China | Satellite | SINOSAT | KBS World | Nationwide(China) | China curbs all foreign TV channels KBS only in Hotels and other designated areas | ||||
| Hong kong | IPTV | Now TV | KBS World | 559 | Foreign Language | Nationwide(Hong Kong) | |||
| Macau | Cable | Macau Cable TV | KBS World | 180 | Basic Service | International | Macau | ||
| Malaysia | Satellite | Astro | KBS World | 391(SD) 392(HD) |
All sub (FREE channels with any subscription) | Preview Channels – available to all subscribers for a certain time period | 2.875 million | Nationwide(Malaysia) | Astro, Malaysia's largest pay-television operator(represents 45% of Malaysian TV homes) |
| Brunei | Satellite | Kristal-Astro | KBS World | 391(SD) 392(HD) |
All sub (FREE channels with any subscription) | Preview Channels – available to all subscribers for a certain time period | Nationwide(Brunei) | ||
| Singapore | Cable | StarHub TV | KBS World | 173→115(30 April 2010)StarHub TV | All sub(Complimentary International Channels) | FREE channels with any StarHub TV subscription | 524,000 | Nationwide(Singapore) | StarHub is Singapore's largest pay TV operator(90 per cent market share) |
| Singapore | IPTV | mio TV | KBS World | 523 | Nationwide(Singapore) | mio TV is a 24-hours pay-TV service, introduced by SingTel | |||
| Singapore | Mobile TV-(Cell phone) | SingTel-(Singapore Telecommunications Limited) | KBS World | - | Free viewing of four channels from MobileTV’s Entertainment Pack, including MediaCorp Channel 8 Prime Time and KBS World | Nationwide(Singapore) | |||
| Thailand | Cable | TCTA | KBS World | ? | Basic Service | 2.5 million(households) or 12 million viewers | Nationwide(Thailand) | TCTA(Thailand Cable TV Association) is an association of more than 250 local operators | |
| Indonesia | Satellite | Indovision | KBS World | 353 | Venus(Basic)- Rp. 149.000/mo | Nationwide(Indonesia) | |||
| Indonesia | Cable | First Media | KBS World | 262 | HomeCable family(Basic)- Rp. 60/mo | Jabotabek,(the Jakarta metropolitan area) and Surabaya(Indonesia) | PT First Media Tbk (First Media), the largest state-of-the-art broadband network provider in Indonesia | ||
| Philippines | Cable | SkyCable | KBS World | 140 | Silver(Basic) | Foreign Language Channels | Nationwide(Philippines) | SkyCable is the largest cable TV company in Philippines SkyCable | |
| Vietnam | Cable | HCTV | KBS World | Tin tức tổng hợp quốc tế(General International) | Hanoi(Vietnam) | ||||
| Vietnam | Cable | SCTV | KBS World | 64 | Bảng kênh Truyền hình Analog(Analog television channels) | Giải trí Tổng hợp - Hàn Quốc(General Entertainment - South Korea) | Ho Chi Minh City(Vietnam) | ||
| Cambodia | Cable | CCTV | KBS World | 58 | (Basic) | Phnom Penh(Cambodia) | |||
| India | Satellite | Reliance BIG TV | KBS World | 255 | Bronze Plus Pack-Rs 165/mo(incl tax) | Nationwide(India) | Bronze Pack is available till 31 March 2010. | ||
| Russia | Cable | АКАДО-Столица(Akado Comcor TV) | KBS World | 94 | Микс(Basic pakage) RUB290/mo | Микс Package offers 96 channels | 1 million | Moscow, Zelenograd and Lubertsy(Russia) | AKADO, Moscow's second largest cable services provider with an audience upward of 800,000 people in Moscow and the Moscow region.(20% market share), currently(as of 2010) 980,000 subscribers |
| Kazakhstan | Cable | Alma TV | KBS World | ? | СТАНДАРТ(Standard) | National | Almaty(Kazakhstan) | ||
| Kirgizstan | Cable | Ala TV | KBS World | 46 | Digital(Standard) | International | Bishkek(Kirgizstan) | ||
| Romania | Cable | UPC Romania | KBS World | 197 | Subscription Package: Medium, Large (List of channels on UPC Romania (Standard Digital)) | Nationwide-UPC Romania operates in nine of the 12 largest cities in the country, including Bucharest.
(Romania) |
UPC Romania is the 2nd largest cable television operator in Romania | ||
| Slovakia | IPTV | Slovak Telekom(T-Com) | KBS World | Additional TV channel packages(Medium packages) | Nationwide(Slovakia) | ||||
| Poland | Satellite | Cyfra+ | KBS World | 143 | Free-to-air (FTA) | General | 1 million | Nationwide(Poland) | Platform's only ASIAN Channels (Cyfra+) |
| Bulgaria | Cable | Cabletel | KBS World | Digital package(Pack 16) | 1 million | Nationwide(Bulgaria) | CableTEL is the largest cable television operator in Bulgaria | ||
| Germany | Cable | Martens TV | KBS World | Digital Basis(Digital Basic) | Sprachen Paket6(Languages Package6) | Hamburg(Germany) | |||
| Germany | Cable | NetCologne | KBS World | Vision Basis | Vollprogramm(General) | Wirtschaftsraum Köln/Bonn, d.h. die Stadt Köln und umliegende Gemeinden (Städte Hürth, Brühl, Frechen, Bergisch Gladbach), Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Leverkusen, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Bonn, Lohmar, Rösrath, Overath, teilweise Bensberg; Euskirchen.
(Germany) |
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| France | IPTV | Free (ISP) | KBS World | 609 | Nationwide(France) | Free is by far the largest IPTV carrier in the World | |||
| Greece | IPTV | ON tv | KBS World | 57 | Channels for the whole family(Ελεύθερα κανάλια- free channels) EURO 15.25/mo | Nationwide(Greece) | All above TV channels, as well as all the main Greek ones, including digital terrestrial (CINE+, SPOR+, PRISMA+, RΙΚ), are provided free of charge. | ||
| Turkey | Cable | Türksat(Tele dünya) | KBS World | 84 | TELEDÜNYA TEMEL PAKET(BASIC PACKAGE) (Ayda Sadece 9,5 TL- Turkish lira- 9.5/mo) | FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS | Nationwide(Turkey) | ||
| Bolivia | Cable | Cotas Cable | KBS World | 362 | Basic | International | Santa Cruz, Warnes, Cotoca, La Guardia, El Torno (Bolivia) |
Internet
As of 2015 KBS World TV provides a live stream, 24 hours a day- 7 days a week, on its official YouTube channel, KBS World TV. Additionally it maintains a library of past programmes to watch on demand.
See also
References
External links
- Official website
- KBS World News Today (English)
- KBS America VOD Service
- KBS World TV (YouTube channel)