Educational Broadcasting System

Educational Broadcasting System (EBS)
Type Broadcast radio and
television
Country South Korea
Availability South Korea
North America
Slogan Education makes the world happy
Key people
Yongsup SHIN, President
Launch date
1980 (as KBS3 Television and KBS3 Radio); 1990 (as EBS TV/Radio); 1997 (Satellite); 2001 (Digital); 2005 (DMB)
Callsigns HLQL
Official website
www.ebs.co.kr
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja 韓國敎育放送公社
Revised Romanization Hanguk Gyoyuk Bangsong Gongsa
McCune–Reischauer Han'guk Kyoyuk Pangsong Kongsa
EBS TV
HLQL-DTV
Launched February 2, 1981 (as KBS 3TV)
December 27, 1990 (as EBS TV)
Country South Korea
Language Korean language
Formerly called KBS 3TV (1981-1990)
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital CH 18 (UHF : 495.31MHz) LCN 10-1 (Seoul)
Satellite
SkyLife Channel 3 (HD)
Cable
Available on most
South Korean cable systems
Check local listings for details
IPTV
B TV Channel 1 (HD)
U+ TV Channel 14 (HD)
Olleh TV Channel 13 (HD)

Educational Broadcasting System (한국교육방송공사) or EBS is the only educational television and radio network covering South Korean territory, and the only major South Korean radio and television network without a separate regional service. Established as KBS 3TV and KBS Educational Radio in the 1980s, and became an independent corporation in 1990. EBS strives to supplement school education and promote lifelong education for everyone in Korea.

The main counterparts of this network are PBS, as well as BBC Two and BBC Four in the UK.

Also EBS offers one cable/satellite channel, EBS America, in North America. It airs programs about Korean culture, language education, and children's shows.

Funding

Though considered a public broadcasting entity, EBS gets most of its yearly budget from advertisements and sales revenue. In 2012, 72.1% of its revenue came from textbook sales, publications and ad revenues on its TV Radio and internet platforms, while the rest came from TV license fees (EBS gets 3% of the total License Fee being collected by the Korean Broadcasting System) and government grants.[1]

Logos

Notable programs

EBS TV

Foreign shows

All foreign shows are dubbed in Korean.

EBS Radio

EBS Plus

FM radio frequencies

key transmitters
low power relay stations

Foreign partners

Partner Country
RTB Brunei
SBS Australia
Rede Bandeirantes Brazil
France 3 France
TV100 Greece
Thai PBS Thailand
TVRI / RTV / Global TV / NET. Indonesia
TV2 / NTV7 / 8TV Malaysia
RTHK / Phoenix Television Hong Kong
WDR / ZDF / RTLTV / ProSieben Germany
NHK / TV Asahi / TV Tokyo Japan
PBS / CBS / Nickelodeon / FOX / The CW United States
TVOntario / Tele-Quebec / CBC / CTV Canada
FTV Taiwan
UKTV / Channel 5 (UK) / BBC United Kingdom
Telemadrid / TV3 / Cuatro / Telecinco Spain
VTV Venezuela
VTV Vietnam
TVN Chile
TRT Cocuk / Yumurcak TV / Renk Yapım Turkey
Radio y Television Guatemala / Guatevision Guatemala

See also

References

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