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MBC Life

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MBC Life
CountrySouth Korea
Broadcast areaSouth Korea
HeadquartersSeoul, South Korea
Programming
Language(s)Korean
Picture format480i (SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerMBC Plus Media
History
LaunchedOctober 10, 2005
ClosedDecember 31, 2012
Replaced byMBC QueeN
Former namesAlice TV (October 10, 2005 - October 4, 2009)

MBC Life (formerly known as Alice TV) was a South Korean non-'free-to-air' television network, which aired programming documentary for life cultures.

History

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In September 2009, MBC acquired Alice TV, at a time when MBC and SBS were buying several cable networks.[1] The relaunched channel started on 5 October 2009 at 11am.[2]

Contents

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This is one of the Korean cable television channels that specialize in broadcasting documentary-related life cultures. Was a subsidiary of the MBC Plus Media. The channel aired documentary content from the main terrestrial networks, as well as foreign content coming in from the BBC, CCTV and NHK.[2] In early 2010, it aired Paper Life, a six-part series on the history of paper.[3]

References

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  1. ^ ""지상파의 케이블채널수 제한해야"". Maeil Business Daily (in Korean). October 8, 2009.
  2. ^ a b 이, 해완 (September 24, 2009). "MBC 플러스미디어, 내달 5일 MBC LIFE 개국". Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Sports Chosun.
  3. ^ "MBC LIFE, 다큐멘터리 페이퍼로드". Maeil Business Daily (in Korean). March 10, 2010.