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Cable TV urges new commission to carry on review of lowering fund levy to 1.3 percent

South Korea\'s cable TV industry urged the Broadcast Media Communications Commission to continue talks on lowering the broadcast development fund levy, after the science ministry was understood to have reviewed cutting the rate for system operators to 1.3 percent from 1.5 percent. The commission said it will commission research to review the overall levy system, making changes hard before an August decision. Experts cited worsening profitability and called for revisions, including differentiated relief for loss-making operators.

AI & Enterprise

BMC Commission to hold forum on follow-up steps to Broadcasting Three Laws

The Broadcasting Media Communications Commission said on April 22 it will hold a forum on April 23 at the Korea Broadcasting Hall in Mok-dong, Seoul, to discuss effective implementation of follow-up measures to the “Broadcasting Three Laws.” The forum will focus on designing systems, refining detailed standards for on-site application and setting up an implementation framework. It will be moderated by a professor at Sungkonghoe University, with a presentation by an acting director at the commission and a panel of academics and media representatives.

Telecommunications & Media

Broadcast Media Telecommunications Commission begins formal talks on YTN issues, forms legal advisory group

South Korea\'s Broadcast Media Telecommunications Commission held its second plenary meeting of 2026 on Thursday and began formal deliberations on key issues including a court ruling cancelling approval for a change in YTN\'s largest shareholder. The commission decided to form an external legal advisory group for an intensive review amid differing legal interpretations. It also discussed corrective orders over delays in forming CEO nomination committees at YTN and Yonhap News TV.