Educational Broadcasting System
Korea Educational Broadcasting System () or EBS is a South Korean educational public broadcaster and radio network covering South Korean territory, and the only major South Korean radio and television network without a separate regional service. Established as KBS 3, Seoul Animation Center and KBS Educational Radio in the 1980s, and became an independent corporation in 1990. EBS strives to supplement school education and promote lifelong education for everyone in Korea. The main counterparts of this network are PBS in the United States, as well as TV Azteca, and Televisa in Mexico, Grupo Globo in Brazil, BBC in  the United Kingdom, CCTV in China, RTÉ in Ireland, SBS, and ABC in Australia, MBC, RPN, ABS-CBN, PTV, and IBC in the Philippines, Channel One in Russia, CBC in Canada, Ecuador TV and Gamavisión in Ecuador, TV3 in Malaysia, and MBC 3 in the MENA. Funding. Though nominally a public broadcasting entity, EBS gets most of its yearly budget from advertisements and sales revenue. In 2012, 72.1% of its revenue came from textbook sales, publications and ad revenues on its TV Radio and internet platforms, while the rest came from TV license fees (EBS gets 3% of the total  License Fee being collected by the Korean Broadcasting System) and government grants. Channels. Also EBS offers one pay-television channel, EBS America, in the United States. Its programming centres around Korean culture, language education, and children's shows. Programming. Originally-produced. Imported series. All foreign shows are dubbed in Korean.