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KBS News 24
South Korean public television news channel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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KBS News 24 is an over-the-air news channel owned by the Korean Broadcasting System. The channel broadcasts on KBS1's multiplex.
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The origin of the channel lies on a 2007 plan by KBS to launch a dedicated news channel on digital terrestrial television, using the KBS1 multiplex. The goal was to launch the channel in 2010, though tests would begin in December 2007 to provide information during snowstorms, and in 2008, its tests would increase to a nine-hour schedule. However, in October, KOBACO revised the plan to introduce such a service, granted that the rights to operate the channel were licensed to the relevant multiplex.[1]
On March 3, 2010, KBS launched KBS 24 News as a web channel, on the 37th anniversary of KBS's conversion to a public service broadcaster. There was already the possibility of launching the channel on digital terrestrial television at a later date.[2] In June 2020, it announced its conversion into an OTT service effective September 1. The aim was to reach out to users who don't regularly watch television and depend largely on the internet.[3]
In August 2021, KOBACO suggested the creation of a terrestrial news channel (channel 9.2 using the KBS1 multiplex) to disseminate disaster information nationwide, to viewers without access to cable television, which has news channels. As of December 2021, KBS News D was conducting a daily 90-minute test broadcast (KBS News D-live). KBS compared the new channel to Fox Weather and Weathernews Inc., which have dedicated teams in case of natural disasters.[4][5] KOBACO received KBS's proposal on August 31, 2021.[6]
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