Korea's Airang TV to Debut in D.C.

Starting next month,
Korean news and entertainment network Airang TV will debut in the D.C. area on
Comcast (ch. 279) and Cox (ch. 478), as well as on a digital broadcast channel.

The channel is part of
MHz Networks 9's international programming lineup. MHz is a noncommercial
broadcaster delivering international programming in more than 20 languages.

According to an Airang
spokesperson, the channel is already available in approximately 10 million
homes in L.A., New York, Chicago, Atlanta, and San Jose and adds another
1,920,000 homes in the D.C. area.

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.