{{Short description|South Korean pay television network}} {{Distinguish|Korean Central Television}} {{More citations needed|date=May 2012}} {{Infobox company | logo = TV Chosun Logo (English).svg | logo_size = 200px | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | trading_name = | native_name = TV조선 | former_name = | type = Private | traded_as = | ISIN = | industry = | genre = | fate = | predecessor = <!-- or: | predecessors = --> | successor = <!-- or: | successors = --> | founded = {{Start date and age|2011|1|28}} in Seoul, South Korea | founder = <!-- or: | founders = --> | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | hq_location = Sejongno, Jung District | hq_location_city = Seoul | hq_location_country = South Korea | num_locations = | num_locations_year = <!-- Year of num_locations data (if known) --> | area_served = <!-- or: | areas_served = --> | key_people = {{ubl| Kim Min-bae {{small|(CEO)}}|Bang Jung-oh {{small|(CEO)}}|Bang Sang-hoon {{small|(Chairman)}}}} | products = | brands = | production = | production_year = <!-- Year of production data (if known) --> | services = | revenue = ₩153,172,893,532 | revenue_year = 2018 | operating_income = ₩-1,036,465,441 | income_year = 2018 | net_income = ₩3,276,761,531 | net_income_year = 2018 | assets = ₩270,716,352,671 | assets_year = 2018 | equity = ₩310,000,000,000 | equity_year = 2018 | owner = {{ubl|The Chosun Ilbo (20.0%)|Too Capital, LLC (15.0%)|Korean Air (9.68%)|Booyoung Group (5.50%)|Samhung (4.84%)}} | members = 289 | members_year = 2018 | num_employees = | num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (if known) --> | parent = | divisions = | subsid = {{ubl|Chosun Media Rep|Chosun Image Vision|Higround Co., Ltd.}} | website = {{URL|https://www.tvchosun.com/}} | footnotes = | intl = <!-- Set positively ("true"/"yes"/etc) if company is international, otherwise omit --> }} {{Conservatism in South Korea|Media}} '''TV Chosun''' ({{Korean|TV조선|TV朝鮮|TVjoseon|TVchosŏn}}; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean pay television network and broadcasting company owned by the ''Chosun Ilbo''-led consortium. The headquarters is located in 40 Sejong-daero 21-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul.<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ko:네이버 지도|url=https://map.naver.com/p/entry/place/21172100?placePath=%252Fhome%253Fentry%253Dplt&searchType=place&lng=126.9759841&lat=37.5682487&c=19.85,0,0,0,dh |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=Naver Map|publisher=Naver|language=ko}}</ref> It began broadcasting on December 1, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|first=Hae-in|last=Shin|title=New cable channels go on air|url=http://nwww.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20111130000743|work=The Korea Herald|access-date=2013-06-02|date=30 November 2011}}</ref>
TV Chosun is one of four new South Korean nationwide generalist cable TV networks alongside JoongAng Ilbo's JTBC, Dong-A Ilbo's Channel A, and Maeil Kyungje's MBN in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Tong-hyung|last=Kim|title=What else can new channels do to boost ratings?|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2011/12/123_100600.html|newspaper=The Korea Times|access-date=2013-06-02|date=12 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Hyun-gi|last=Noh|title=Four new TV channels face uncertain futures|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2012/05/201_102216.html|newspaper=The Korea Times|access-date=June 2, 2016|date=January 4, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Ja-young|last=Yoon|title=Low ratings weigh on new channels|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2012/01/123_103283.html|newspaper=The Korea Times|date=January 20, 2012|access-date=June 2, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Tong-hyung|last=Kim|title=New channels remain 'anonymous'|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2012/06/123_112493.html|newspaper=The Korea Times|access-date=June 2, 2013|date=June 6, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Ji-sook|last=Bae|title='New TV channels are niche, not gold mine'|url=http://nwww.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20121129000657|newspaper=The Korea Herald|access-date=June 2, 2016|date=November 29, 2012|archive-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027150121/http://nwww.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20121129000657|url-status=dead}}</ref> The four new networks supplement existing conventional free-to-air TV networks like KBS, MBC, SBS, and other smaller channels launched following deregulation in 1990.
==History== * July 22, 2009: Amendment of Media law passed the South Korean national assembly to deregulate the media market of South Korea. * December 31, 2010: JTBC, TV Chosun, MBN, and Channel A elected as a ''General Cable Television Channel Broadcasters''. * December 1, 2011: TV Chosun begins broadcasting. * November 29, 2023: Miss & Mr. Trot Series Signs MOU with Yoshimoto Entertainment related to entering Japan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=이|first=동건|date=November 29, 2023 |script-title=ko:'미스&미스터 트롯' 日 진출한다... TV Chosun, 요시모토흥업과 MOU 체결 |url=https://www.mediapen.com/news/view/875956 |access-date=November 21, 2024 |website=Media Pen |language=ko}}</ref>
==Dramas== ===Monday–Tuesday=== * ''Korean Peninsula'' (February 6 – April 3, 2012)
===Wednesday–Thursday=== * ''Operation Proposal'' (February 8 – March 29, 2012)
===Friday–Saturday=== * ''Into the Flames'' (April 25 – June 28, 2014)
===Saturday–Sunday=== * ''Ji Woon-soo's Stroke of Luck'' (April 21 – June 24, 2012) * ''Bride of the Century'' (February 22 – April 12, 2014) * ''The Greatest Marriage'' (September 27 – December 27, 2014) * ''A Great Story'' (March 15 – May 10, 2015)<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ko:위대한 이야기|url=https://broadcast.tvchosun.com/broadcast/program/1/C201500006.cstv|website=TV Chosun|access-date=November 21, 2024|language=ko}}</ref> * ''Grand Prince'' (March 3 – May 6, 2018) * ''Babel'' (January 27 – March 24, 2019) * ''Joseon Survival Period'' (June 8 – August 17, 2019) * ''Queen: Love and War'' (December 14, 2019 – February 9, 2020) * ''Kingmaker: The Change of Destiny'' (May 17 – July 26, 2020) * ''Get Revenge'' (November 21, 2020 – January 17, 2021) * ''Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce)'' (January 23 – March 14, 2021) * ''Uncle'' (December 11, 2021 – January 30, 2022) * ''Red Balloon'' (December 17, 2022 – February 26, 2023) * ''Durian's Affair'' (June 24 – August 13, 2023) * ''My Happy Ending'' (December 30, 2023 – February 25, 2024) * ''DNA Lover'' (August 17 – October 6, 2024) * ''Confidence Queen'' (September 9 – October 15, 2025) * ''Doctor Shin'' (March 14 – May 3, 2026) * ''I Can't Live Without You'' (TBA)
====Saturday==== * ''Becoming Witch'' (June 25 – September 10, 2022)
====Sunday==== * ''Leverage'' (October 13 – December 8, 2019)
==Variety shows== * ''Taste of Love'' (2018–2019) * ''Mr. Trot'' (2019–2025) * ''Miss Trot'' (2019–present) * ''Romantic Call Centre'' (2020–2021) * ''King of Survival: Tribal War'' (2024) * ''Love Diet'' (2025–present)
==See also== * JTBC * MBN * Channel A * The Chosun Ilbo
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://tv.chosun.com}} {{In lang|ko}}
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