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Korea-Canada audiovisual co-production agreement to be signed after eight-year effort

South Korea\'s Broadcast Media and Communications Commission said a Korea-Canada audiovisual co-production agreement it has worked on for eight years will be signed this week. A delegation led by standing commissioner Go Min-soo will visit Canada from April 21 to 25 and sign the accord on April 22 local time. The pact recognises co-productions as domestic content in both countries, offering quota exemptions, access to funding programmes and tax credits.

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Kim Jong-cheol says private broadcasters are backbone of democracy, vows more production support

Kim Jong-cheol (김종철), chairman of the Broadcasting Media and Communications Commission, said on April 17 that private broadcasters have recorded local lives and served as a backbone protecting democratic values. Speaking at the 2026 Korea Private Broadcasting Day ceremony in Ulsan, he also met executives from nine private broadcasters including SBS, KNN, TBC and TBJ to discuss regulatory and policy issues for local broadcasting and to hear industry requests and difficulties.

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LG HelloVision expands new businesses amid broadcasting slump, rental growth in focus

LG HelloVision, South Korea’s top cable TV operator, is expanding its non-broadcasting businesses as broadcasting revenue continues to fall. Its rental-related product sales rose 52.2 percent over three years to 329.6 billion won in 2025 and accounted for 26 percent of total revenue last year, surpassing broadcasting. The company’s 2025 revenue rose 5.7 percent to 1.27 trillion won, while operating profit climbed 39 percent.