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Pay-TV industry moves ahead of broadcast media telecoms commission normalisation
South Korea’s pay-TV industry is drafting messages and proposals to deliver to the Broadcast Media and Telecommunications Commission ahead of its expected normalisation. Industry associations are shaping requests on regulatory imbalance with global OTT platforms, channel regulation and content fee standards. IPTV operators also want easing of bundled pricing regulation and say some reporting rules work like approvals. Industry groups plan briefings and seminars to share proposals with the government, parliament and the commission.
Telecommunications & Media
Paid TV content fee showdown: PP calls for withdrawal, SO cites coexistence measures
South Korea’s programme provider industry demanded cable TV operators withdraw new standards for calculating content usage fees, saying they deny the value of broadcast content and could deepen funding shortages for production. Providers said the rules were set unilaterally and could cut fees by about 77.5 billion won over three years. Cable operators countered that revenue from subscription fees and home shopping carriage fees is falling and payment ratios have risen above 90 percent of subscription revenue.
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Broadcasting revenue falls for second straight year; ad revenue down 7.4 percent
Revenue in South Korea’s broadcasting market fell 0.7 percent in 2024 to 18.83 trillion won, marking a second straight year of contraction. IPTV and IPTV content providers recorded revenue growth, while terrestrial broadcasters, cable operators, relay cable and satellite broadcasters saw declines. Broadcasting ad revenue fell 7.4 percent to 2.31 trillion won. Terrestrial broadcasters’ total revenue fell 5.4 percent, while pay-TV revenue was broadly flat.