Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation

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Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation

Latin-alphabet logo used since 3 January 2005
MBC headquarters in Sangam-dong, Mapo District, Seoul
Native name
Korean name
Hangul	주식회사 문화방송
Hanja	株式會社 文化放送
Revised Romanization	Jusikhoesa Munhwa Bangsong
McCune–Reischauer	Chushikhoesa Munhwa Pangsong
Company type	Public broadcasting company
Traded as	KRX: 052220
Industry	Broadcast radio and television
Founded	21 February 1961; 63 years ago (1961-02-21)
Headquarters	267, Sangam-dong, Mapo District, Seoul , South Korea
Area served	South Korea United States (satellite, certain metropolitan areas over-the-air)
Key people	Ahn Hyung-joon, CEO and president (2023-present)[1]
Revenue	1,500,941,912,398 won (2015)
Operating income	59,272,035,738 won (2015)
Net income	82,403,520,805 won (2015)
Total assets	2,557,227,645,206 won (December 2015)
Total equity	1,000,000,000 won (December 2015)
Owner	Government of South Korea through The Foundation of Broadcast Culture: (70%) Chungsoo Scholarship Foundation: (30%)
Number of employees	1,712 (December 2015)
Subsidiaries	MBC Plus MBC C&I iMBC MBC Arts MBC Play Fee MBC Academy MBC America MBC Nanum
Website	IMBC.com

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Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC; Korean: 주식회사 문화방송; Hanja: 株式會社 文化放送; RR: Jusikhoesa Munhwa Bangsong; lit. "Joint-stock company Cultural Broadcasting") is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. Munhwa is the Sino-Korean word for "culture". Its flagship terrestrial television station MBC TV broadcasts as channel 11.

Established on 2 December 1961, MBC's terrestrial operations have a nationwide network of 17 regional stations. Although it operates on advertising, MBC is a Network Radio Television as its largest shareholder is a public organization, the Foundation of Broadcast Culture. MBC consists of a multimedia group with one terrestrial TV channel, three radio channels, five cable channels, five satellite channels and four DMB channels.

MBC is headquartered in Digital Media City (DMC), Mapo District, Seoul and has the largest broadcast production facilities in Korea including digital production centre Dream Center in Ilsan, indoor and outdoor sets in Yongin Daejanggeum Park.