Hangug-eo Inmin Television

Hangug-eo Inmin Television (also known as Korean People Television/한국어 인민 텔레비전, officially abbreviated as HITV) is a South Korean television network operated by Kabushiki Gaisha ABS.
==History==
=== ABS Television Korea ===
The channel launched on South Korean cable systems in 1998, as tensions between the country and Japan dwindled. The network attempted to position itself as a "Japanese media ambassador for South Korea".
On the 30th May 2005, the network was knocked offline in a botched attempt to switch transmission facilities from its Seoul office to its new headquarters in Busan. By June, the station was back on the air, and launched on terrestrial transmission platforms.
=== Hangug-eo Inmin Television ===
In 2011, ABS Television Korea changed its name to "Hangug-eo Inmin Television" (Korean People Television, HITV, or 한국어 인민 텔레비전).
In 2012, the station ceased analog broadcasting in mainland South Korea.
=== Partnerships with SBS and KBS ===
The Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS, not to be confused with the ABS network's domestic Hokkaido-area affiliate that shares the same acronym) announced that it would be partnering with HITV to produce new Korea-domestic programmes for multicultural audiences in the area. The deal went ahead on the 1st of March 2013.
HITV, as part of the deal, also runs extra programmes overnight on SBS channel 6 whilst the latter station is off-air. This programming block is referred to as "SBS HITV".
On the 5th of April 2015, KBS (South Korea's state-run general entertainment broadcaster) gifted Kabushiki Gaisha ABS the ability to run KBS World programmes on its domestic stations in Japan, and on its international satellite feed. These programmes are also run on HITV, albeit the day after its initial KBS airing to prevent South Korean schedule conflicts.
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