Country | South Korea |
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Broadcast area | South Korea |
Headquarters | Mapo District, Seoul |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Korean |
Ownership | |
Owner | SBS Media Holdings (Taeyoung Group) |
Key people | Kim Kee-seong, CEO |
History | |
Launched | 28 December 2009 |
Links | |
Website | biz |
SBS Biz (formerly SBS CNBC) is a 24-hour business news channel in South Korea.
History
On August 13, 2009, SBS took over all stocks of a sports TV channel Xports, which were shared by CJ Media (70%) and IB Sports (30%). After a partnership agreement with CNBC (owned by NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast) which taken on October 22, 2009,[1] Xports was shut down and replaced by SBS CNBC on December 28, 2009. Most of its programme are being made in high definition. On January 1, 2021, SBS ended a partnership with CNBC and rebranded as SBS Biz.
See also
References
- ^ CNBC and SBS (Seoul Broadcasting System) Announce Plans to Launch 24-hour Korean Business News Channel, CNBC, Retrieved on December 28, 2009
External links
- Official website (in Korean)