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Broadcasting Media Communications Committee releases 2024 broadcast assessment; KBS1, MBN top scores by platform

South Korea's Broadcasting Media Communications Committee approved the 2024 broadcast assessment results for 371 stations operated by 153 broadcasters at a plenary meeting on July 22. The results will be reflected in broadcaster re-licensing and re-approval reviews. KBS1 recorded the highest score among national terrestrial TV channels, while MBN ranked top among comprehensive programming channel operators. The committee also approved the 2025 assessment basic plan and will disclose detailed results on its website.

AI & Enterprise

Upstage unveils 'Solar Open 2' touting agent performance

Upstage unveiled its open-weight large language model 'Solar Open 2' optimised for agent task execution and released the model weights on Hugging Face. Developed through a government sovereign AI foundation model project, it uses a mixture-of-experts design with 250 billion parameters and activates 15 billion in use. Upstage said it outperformed rival models on multiple benchmarks and plans broader deployments and AX services across industries.

Telecommunications & Media

TTA discusses AI-based broadcast technology standardisation strategy

The Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) said it held a joint workshop in Seoul on July 22 to review development directions for broadcast technology in the AI era and discuss international standardisation strategies for next-generation services. About 70 participants from government, broadcasters, research institutes and companies attended. Presentations covered generative AI in production and services, a “Beyond TV” vision, and related platform and broadcast technologies. Attendees also shared Brazil’s TV 3.0 trends using ATSC 3.0.