The Korea Cable TV Broadcasting Association said on Tuesday that 8 regional cable TV channels nationwide will begin community-focused election coverage ahead of the June 3 local elections.

LG HelloVision will introduce candidate pledges and voter views through its "I Am a Candidate" and "I Am a Voter" segments. It will also boost voter accessibility with short-form content. On election day, it will quickly deliver vote shares and winners using its in-house election system.

SK Broadband (SKB) will deliver election issues by region through scheduled news produced at its artificial intelligence (AI) studio. On vote-counting day, it will link live to candidate camps in closely contested areas.

D'Live has reorganised its regional channel news into an election reporting system since April 6. It is running a "Two-party candidates linked simultaneously" segment that compares candidates' pledges using a multi-live broadcast system.

CMB will schedule invited candidate debates, career broadcasts and campaign speeches. It will support free broadcast speeches for metropolitan and basic council candidates.

KT HCN will schedule candidate interviews, talks and debates tailored to the characteristics of each region. It will also run voter-participation content.

KCTV Jeju Broadcasting has signed a joint agreement with local daily newspapers and online media outlets. It will provide election information linking broadcast, print and online platforms. On election day, it will deliver vote counts by Jeju's 43 eup, myeon and dong using its in-house vote-counting system, an AI-based graphic studio and 7-way live broadcasting.

Seogyeong Broadcasting will deliver candidates' visions and policies through on-site interviews with basic local government head candidates. It will also relay vote counting across western Gyeongnam in real time.

JCN Ulsan Jungang Broadcasting will air a "1-minute free speech" segment for metropolitan and basic council candidates. It will deliver information on local assembly candidates directly to voters.

Hwang Hee-man (황희만), chairman of the Korea Cable TV Broadcasting Association, said, "What voters need in local elections is not a grand discourse but information on who the candidates in our neighbourhood are and what pledges they have put forward." He said cable TV regional channels are "the everyday infrastructure of local democracy" that has delivered that information from the closest range.