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KBS posts 21.584 percent audience share last year, top among terrestrial broadcasters

KBS recorded the highest audience share among domestic broadcasters last year at 21.584 percent, up 0.722 percentage points from a year earlier. The Broadcasting and Media Communications Commission released its 2025 audience share calculation for 290 broadcasters operating 423 channels with annual viewing records. Among general programming channels, TV Chosun led with 6.997 percent. YTN and Yonhap News TV posted gains, while CJ ENM fell and KT Skylife rose.

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Tving hack to AI character chat: parliament panel calls 29 witnesses for state audit

South Korea\'s National Assembly science, ICT, broadcasting and communications committee approved a list of 29 witnesses and 13 reference witnesses for the 2026 state audit. The list includes executives from Tving and its parent CJ ENM, security chiefs at the three telecom carriers, and representatives of Meta Korea, Coupang, Apple Korea, Google Korea, Telegram and X Korea. Scatter Lab\'s CEO was also called over risks linked to its AI character chat service Zeta.

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BMCC hosts international conference on broadcast co-productions

The Broadcasting Media Communication Commission said it held the 2026 International Broadcast Co-production Conference in Seoul on Thursday under the theme of cross-border cooperation in a glocal era. About 200 people from broadcasters, production companies, related organisations and academia attended. Participants shared co-production cases and discussed the use of new technologies such as AI and storytelling for global viewers. The event also presented awards for two co-productions. The commission chairman also signed an MoU with AIBD.