Founded | 21 March 2011 |
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Headquarters | 48-6, Sangamsan-ro, Mapo District, Seoul , South Korea |
Area served | South Korea |
Key people |
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Owner | JoongAng Holdings Ltd. (25%) DY Asset (5.92%) JoongAng Ilbo (4.99%) Warner Bros. Discovery (5.72%) S&T Dynamics (2.37%) Sungwoo Hitech (2.37%) Sungbo Cultural Foundation (1.18%) Daehan Steel (1.18%) Ace Bed Co. (1.18%) Hanssem Co. (1.18%) |
Subsidiaries | SLL JTBC Mediacomm JTBC Mediatech JTBC Plus |
Website | jtbc |
Country | South Korea |
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Broadcast area | South Korea, Worldwide |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Korean |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | JTBC |
History | |
Launched | 1 December 2011cable) | (
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
JTBC On air | Watch live (only in South Korea) |
Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company | |
Hangul | 중앙동양방송 |
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Hanja | 中央東洋放送 |
Revised Romanization | Joongang Dongyang Bangsong |
McCune–Reischauer | Joongang Tongyang Pangsong |
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JTBC (shortened from Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company; Korean: 제이티비씨; stylized as jtbc) is a South Korean nationwide pay television network. Its primary shareholder is JoongAng Holdings, with a 25% stake.[1] It was launched on 1 December 2011.[2] JTBC is a generalist channel, with programming consisting of television series, variety shows, and news broadcasting; its news division is held in similar regard to the three main terrestrial networks in South Korea.[citation needed]
JTBC was one of four new South Korean nationwide generalist cable TV networks alongside Dong-A Ilbo's Channel A, Chosun Ilbo's TV Chosun and Maeil Kyungje's MBN launch in 2011,[3][4][5][6][7] to serve as supplementary networks to the existing conventional free-to-air TV networks like KBS, MBC, SBS and other smaller channels launched following deregulation in 1990. However, despite being one of the largest media outlets they have failed to provide true and verified news to their viewers time and time again, in favour of sensational distorted half-truths.