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Encyclopedia > Educational Broadcasting System
Educational Broadcasting System (EBS)
Image:Educational Broadcasting System logo.gif
Type Broadcast radio and
television
Country  Republic of Korea
Availability National
Owner Government of South Korea
Key people Ku Gwan Seo, President
Launch date 1951 (radio); 1969 (television); 1997 (satelite); 2001 (digital); 2006 (DMB)
Website www.ebs.co.kr
Educational Broadcasting System
Image:Educational Broadcasting System logo.gif
Korean name
Hangul:
한국교육방송공사
Hanja:
韓國敎育放送公社
Revised Romanization: Hanguk Gyo-yuk Bangsong Gongsa
McCune-Reischauer: Hankuk Kyo'yuk Pangsong Kongsa

EBS (Educational Broadcasting System) is one of South Korea's broadcasting company located in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. This state-operated network is well known for its Janghak Quiz and SAT programs. Terrestrial television (also known as over-the-air, OTA or broadcast television) was the traditional method of television broadcast signal delivery prior to the advent of cable and satellite television. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Korea_(bordered). ... The government of South Korea is divided into three branches: executive, judicial, and legislative. ... For other uses, see Hangul (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that Sino-Korean be merged into this article or section. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean (Korean: 국어의 로마자 표기법; 國語의 로마字 表記法) is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... Gangnam-gu (hangul:강남구; hanja: 江南區, sometimes spelt Kangnam-gu) is one of the 25 gu (wards) which make up the city of Seoul, South Korea. ... Seoul (Sŏul[1] 서울)   is the capital and largest city of South Korea (Republic of Korea). ...


EBS offers one terrestrial television, one radio channel, one DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) channel, and two satelite television channels: Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) is a digital radio transmission system for sending multimedia (radio, TV, and datacasting) to mobile devices such as mobile phones. ...

  • EBS TV - usually known for 'channel 13' because of its VHF channel
  • EBS FM (Radio)
  • EBSu (DMB)
  • EBS Plus 1 (satelite) - famous for SAT programs
  • EBS Plus 2 (satelite)

Contents

Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. ...

Famous Programs

EBS TV

  • Jisik Channel e (Knowledge Channel e;지식채널 e)
  • Janghak Quiz (장학퀴즈)
  • Ding-Dong-Dang Yuchiwon (딩동댕유치원)
  • The Magic School Bus (신기한 스쿨버스)
  • GO! GO! Giggles
  • English Cafe

The Magic School Bus was a series of childrens books intended to teach scientific concepts to children. ...

EBS Radio

EBS Plus

  • Survival English

External links

  • Official Site (Korean) (English)
  • EBSi (Korean) : EBS Plus 1 web site with AOD/VODs
  • EBSapply (Korean)
  • EBSlang (Korean)
  • EBS SPACE (Korean)
  • EBS International Documentary Festival (Korean) (English)
  • EBS Janghak Quiz (Korean)


 
 

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