EBS2

EBS 2TV

Country	South Korea
Broadcast area	South Korea and Worldwide
Network	Educational Broadcasting System
Headquarters	161, Mokdongseo-ro, Yangcheon District, Seoul
Programming
Language(s)	Korean
Picture format	2160p UHDTV (downscaled to 1080i for the HDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Educational Broadcasting System
History
Launched	11 February 2015; 9 years ago (2015-02-11)
Replaced by	EBS1
Links
Website	EBS2
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television	Channel 10.2 (HD)
Streaming media
EBS Play	Watch live

EBS 2TV is a South Korean free-to-air television channel operated by Educational Broadcasting System. The channel was launched on 11 February 2015 as Korea's first subchannel. The channel specializes primarily on middle school-aged students."EBS Brochure" (pdf).</ref>

History

EBS2 was approved on 23 December 2014 and started broadcasting on 11 February 2015. The channel contributes to the fall of the burden in the Korean educational system by reaching middle school targets, while EBS1 remains as a channel for all ages.^[1] The channel opened at 3pm that afternoon with a special ceremony at the EBS facilities. Unlike EBS1, commercial advertising is prohibited, except for government campaigns, as the channel operates as a subchannel.^[2] The government limited the usage of subchannels to KBS and EBS, but the subscription television industry was worried because of the "terrestrial broadcasting monopoly".^[3]

References

1. "[협회보 제12호] [기고문] 2015년 2월 11일 첫 방송 국내 최초 지상파 다채널방송 EBS2 개국". UHD Korea (in Korean). 2015.
2. "'다채널 방송'시대 열었다…'EBS2' 개국". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). February 11, 2015.
3. 이, 선희 (January 28, 2016). "방통위 "다채널방송은 EBS에 국한"" (in Korean).

External links

• EBS2 schedule