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List of television stations in South Korea

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This is a list of South Korean television channels.

National Channels

All of them are free-to-air channels. Furthermore, All of them are the official Digital Television and DMB provider of the nation(Since 2005, approved by the Korean Government).

Government owned channels

Name Owner Launch Description Notes
KBS 1TV KBS December 31, 1961 General entertainment featuring news and sport, etc. proclaimed "Korean's Manifested Channel"
KBS 2TV KBS December 1980 General entertainment featuring variety shows and sport, etc. proclaimed "Youth Channel"
MBC(TV) MBC August 8, 1969 General entertainment featuring news and variety shows, etc. proclaimed "Good Friend"
EBS(TV) EBS December 27, 1990 General Infotainment featuring documentaries, 2nd language education programmes, etc. proclaimed "A truly good channel"

Corporate channels

Name Owner Launch Description Notes
SBS(TV) SBS Corporation March 20, 1991 General entertainment featuring variety shows and drama, etc. proclaimed "Given Happiness, Gain Love"

Regional Channels

  • KNN
  • KBC
  • TBC
  • TJB
  • CJB
  • UBC
  • JTV
  • GTB
  • JIBS

Cable Television Channels

Operated by KCTA. upload soon.

Satellite Television Channels

Operated by Skylife(Korean Digital Satellite Broadcasting Ltd.) upload soon.

Nationwide free-to-air Channels

Others