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December 19, 2000 - The South Korean government decided to create an official satellite television provider (KT-lead KDB Consortium).
March 30, 2001 - The company was founded.
March 1, 2002 - Officially began to provide satellite broadcasting service.
December 24, 2002 - Total number of subscribers exceeded 500,000.
May 21, 2003 - Interactive television and Dolby 5.1 surround sound capabilities provided for the first time in South Korean television.
September 29, 2003 - HDTV services and the SkyHD channel launched.
October 28, 2003 - TV SMS services launched.
November 1, 2003 - T-Commerce service launched.
November 3, 2003 - Total number of subscribers exceeded 1 million.
March 24, 2004 - Interactive election broadcasting service provided for the first time in Korea.
April 11, 2005 - TV ordering service launched for the first time in Korea.
May 3, 2005 - TV Banking service launched for the first time in Korea.
June 14, 2006 - FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 rebroadcast in North Korea.
November 20, 2006 - SkyPVR personal video recording service launched for the first time in Korea.
December 31, 2006 - Number of subscribers amounted to 1.96 million, resulting in yearly profit of 3.6 billion won.
February 24, 2007 - Number of subscribers reached 2 million.
May 23, 2007 - SkyEnglishWorld English language channels only package released.
April 1, 2008 - H.264 HD service launched
January 1, 2009 - SkyEn, exclusive channel for men entertainment, was launched.
March 5, 2009 - Discovery HD World launched.
July 1, 2009 - Qook TV Skylife, joint service with Saterlite broadcast and IPTV's VOD, launched.
January 1, 2010 - Sky3D, first 3D channel service in Korea, was launched.
March 25, 2011 - Number of subscribers reached 3 million.
March 29, 2011 - The company renamed from Korea Digital Satellite Broadcasting to KT Skylife because KT became the largest shareholder and took control of the company.
May 30, 2011 - The KTSkylife New Channel This-colaunched 2011.
July 31, 2011 - HDChannel 101Channels, New launched 2011 (Channel One|Entertainment, SBS-CNBC|News)
December 31, 2011 - Entertainment Channel New 2011 Skyrainbow High-def launched
January 1, 2012 - Channel IT, Data Channel For Korean, launched.
July 1, 2012 - Ch.N, The M Relaunched
Channels[]
Total 200 channels as of April 2008 (92 Video Channels/41 Audio Channels/20 Interactive Channels)
