KT SkyLife

KT SkyLife

Type	Public
Traded as	KRX: 053210
Industry	Telecommunication Media
Founded	2001
Headquarters	918-1 Mok-dong, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Key people	Mongryong Lee CEO
Products	Direct broadcast satellite Pay TV services & Programming
Number of employees	283 (as of 31 December 2010)
Parent	KT Corporation
Website	www.skylife.co.kr

KT Skylife (Korean: KT스카이라이프) is a satellite broadcasting provider in South Korea. It is a subsidiary of KT Corporation.

Brief history

• December 19, 2000 - The South Korean government decided to create an official satellite television provider (KT-lead KDB Consortium).
• March 30, 2001 - The company was founded.
• March 1, 2002 - Officially began to provide satellite broadcasting service.
• December 24, 2002 - Total number of subscribers exceeded 500,000.
• May 21, 2003 - Interactive television and Dolby 5.1 surround sound capabilities provided for the first time in South Korean television.
• September 29, 2003 - HDTV services and the SkyHD channel launched.
• October 28, 2003 - TV SMS services launched.
• November 1, 2003 - T-Commerce service launched.
• November 3, 2003 - Total number of subscribers exceeded 1 million.
• March 24, 2004 - Interactive election broadcasting service provided for the first time in Korea.
• April 11, 2005 - TV ordering service launched for the first time in Korea.
• May 3, 2005 - TV Banking service launched for the first time in Korea.
• January 25, 2006 - BBC World News launched.
• June 14, 2006 - FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 rebroadcast in North Korea.
• November 20, 2006 - SkyPVR personal video recording service launched for the first time in Korea.
• December 31, 2006 - Number of subscribers amounted to 1.96 million, resulting in yearly profit of 3.6 billion won.
• February 24, 2007 - Number of subscribers reached 2 million.
• May 23, 2007 - SkyEnglishWorld English language channels only package released.
• April 1, 2008 - H.264 HD service launched
• January 1, 2009 - SkyEn, exclusive channel for men entertainment, was launched.
• March 5, 2009 - Discovery HD World launched.
• July 1, 2009 - Qook TV Skylife, joint service with Saterlite broadcast and IPTV's VOD, launched.
• January 1, 2010 - Sky3D, first 3D channel service in Korea, was launched.
• March 25, 2011 - Number of subscribers reached 3 million.
• March 29, 2011 - The company renamed from Korea Digital Satellite Broadcasting to KT Skylife because KT became the largest shareholder and took control of the company.
• May 30, 2011 - The KTSkylife New Channel This-colaunched 2011.
• July 31, 2011 - HDChannel 101Channels,New launched 2011(Channel One|Entertainment,SBS-CNBC|News)
• December 31, 2011 - Entertainment Channel New 2011 Skyrainbow High-def launched
• January 1, 2012 - Channel IT, Data Channel For Korean, launched.
• July 1, 2012 - Ch.N,The M Relaunched

Channels

Total 200 channels as of April 2008 (92 Video Channels/41 Audio Channels/20 Interactive Channels)

(full 'list of channels' on Skylife will upload soon. These channels are the sneak preview of it)International Network(Asia Package)

• KBS1
• KBS2
• MBC
• SBS
• EBS
• Arirang TV
• tvN
• Mnet
• Animal Planet
• AXN
• BBC World News
• BBC Entertainment
• CNN International
• Cartoon Network
• Channel NewsAsia
• YTN
• CCTV-4
• Discovery Channel
• Discovery HD World
• Disney Channel
• Disney Junior
• Eurosport
• History Channel
• NHK World Premium
• NHK World TV
• Spacetoon
• 서울신문 STV
• Sundance Channel
• Zee Next
• Zee Live
• Wion Tv
• Zee Magic
• TEN 2 HD

For full channel number listing and click here

Source: SkyLife Official Homepage

Investments

Based on the data of March 31, 2011.^[1]

• KT 52.93%
• KT Network 0.12%
• KBS 7.17%
• MBC 4.30%
• Others 35.47%

References

1. List of shareholders of SkyLife(Korean), taken from their official homepage.

External links

• Official Homepage (Korean)
• Official Homepage (English)