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Cable TV launches local election coverage ahead of June 3 local elections

The Korea Cable TV Broadcasting Association said 8 regional cable TV channels nationwide will begin community-focused election coverage ahead of the June 3 local elections. Operators plan formats including candidate pledges and voter views, short-form content, live links to campaign sites and multi-live broadcast comparisons. Several will air debates and speeches, including free airtime for local assembly candidates. Some will provide rapid vote counts using in-house systems and AI-based studios.

AI & Enterprise

KT to link local phone service via LTE, steps up push to close connectivity gaps

KT will build a wireless network-based local telephone service, the first among South Korean telecom operators. The Ministry of Science and ICT on May 6 newly designated four regulatory exemptions, including an LTE-based local phone service and an AI-based severe trauma patient care system. The latest designations bring cumulative approvals under the ICT regulatory sandbox introduced in 2019 to 300 cases.

Telecommunications & Media

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.