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Cable TV broadcasting fund burden equals 168 percent of operating profit; Kim Jong-cheol says reform urgent

Cable TV operators facing business difficulties are paying broadcasting and telecommunications development fund levies equal to 168 percent of operating profit, a lawmaker said. Lee Yeon-hee raised the issue with Kim Jong-cheol at a parliamentary audit, arguing rules exempt some broadcasters from payments when they post net losses but exclude cable TV operators. Kim said media laws have missed chances to keep pace and called for an integrated media law.

Telecommunications & Media

Broadcasting Media Communications Commission drafts plan to boost pay TV; focus on terms regulation

South Korea\'s Broadcasting Media Communications Commission is preparing a plan to revitalise the pay TV sector by year-end, after completing an internal draft. The industry has called for easing price and terms-and-conditions regulation, but pushback from programme providers could limit broad changes. Officials are considering starting with regulatory relief for add-on services, where resistance is seen as lower. The scope of any terms-rule changes is expected to be a key issue.