TV Chosun

Not to be confused with Korean Central Television.

TV Chosun (Korean: TV조선; Hanja: TV朝鮮; RR: TVjoseon; MR: TVchosŏn; stylized in all caps) 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	TV조선
Company type	Private
Founded	January 28, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-01-28) in Seoul, South Korea
Headquarters	Sejongno, Jung District, Seoul , South Korea
Key people	Kim Min-bae (CEO) Bang Jung-oh (CEO) Bang Sang-hoon (Chairman)
Revenue	153,172,893,532 won (2018)
Operating income	-1,036,465,441 won (2018)
Net income	3,276,761,531 won (2018)
Total assets	270,716,352,671 won (2018)
Total equity	310,000,000,000 won (2018)
Owner	The Chosun Ilbo (20.0%) Too Capital, LLC (15.0%) Korean Air (9.68%) Booyoung Group (5.50%) Samhung (4.84%)
Members	289 (2018)
Subsidiaries	Chosun Media Rep Chosun Image Vision Higround Co., Ltd.
Website	www.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 (August 17, 2024)
• History of a Loser (2024)

Saturday

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

Sunday

• Leverage (October 13 – December 8, 2019)

See also

• JTBC
• MBN
• Channel A

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.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)