Korea Broadcasting Channel Promotion Association: "LG HelloVision Channel Termination Raises Concerns of Undermining Market Order"
The Korea Broadcasting Channel Promotion Association expressed strong regret over LG HelloVision’s decision to terminate channel transmission and the Broadcasting and Media Communications Commission’s acceptance of the report on the terms-of-service change.
On November 10, the association issued a statement saying, “LG HelloVision’s decision to terminate a channel could allow a pay-TV operator’s unilateral termination of a channel to undermine existing government guidelines and industry procedures for channel changes, and could even threaten the business foundation of program providers (PPs) and viewers’ rights and interests.”
The association stressed that the “Guidelines on Pay-TV Channel Contracts and Content Supply Procedures” established in 2021 through the Pay-TV Win-Win Cooperation Council must be followed. It said LG HelloVision had not given sufficient consideration to the channel’s performance, despite the channel having achieved excellent results in its previous evaluation.
The association also called for the establishment of fair trading practices among pay-TV operators. It said that even if LG HelloVision faced difficulties, including declining revenue from home shopping transmission fees and a decrease in subscribers, it should not shift the burden onto PPs by demanding lower usage fees.
In particular, the association called on the Broadcasting and Media Communications Commission to establish institutional safeguards to ensure a stable foundation for PPs to produce content and protect viewers’ rights and interests. This, it said, would help produce high-quality broadcast content, strengthen the foundation of the domestic broadcast content industry, and advance viewers’ rights and interests.
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The association said, “The Broadcasting and Media Communications Commission must strengthen institutional measures and oversight to prevent pay-TV operators’ unilateral channel terminations and unfair trade practices from recurring.”
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