SBS Biz

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SBS Biz
Country South Korea
Broadcast areaSouth Korea
Headquarters Mapo District, Seoul
Programming
Language(s) Korean
Ownership
Owner SBS Media Holdings
(Taeyoung Group)
Key peopleKim Kee-seong, CEO
History
Launched28 December 2009 (2009-12-28)
Former namesSBS CNBC (2009–2020)
Links
Website biz.sbs.co.kr (in Korean)

SBS Biz (formerly SBS CNBC) is a 24-hour business news channel in South Korea.

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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%). The network had the rights to MLB in 2003 and 2004. [1] After a partnership agreement with CNBC (owned by NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast) which was taken on October 22, 2009, [2] 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

  1. ↑ Global Sports Fandom in South Korea: American Major League Baseball and Its Fans in the Online Community. Springer Nature Singapore. August 21, 2020. ISBN   9789811531965 . Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  2. ↑ CNBC and SBS (Seoul Broadcasting System) Announce Plans to Launch 24-hour Korean Business News Channel, CNBC, Retrieved on December 28, 2009


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