KT Season Launches... Jang Dae-jin, Media and Content Specialist, Appointed as First CEO

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Jang Dae-jin, CEO of KT Season

[Asia Economy Reporter Cha Min-young] KT Season, an online video service (OTT) specialized corporation that will lead KT Group's next-generation media and content business together with Studio Genie, has officially launched. The inaugural CEO is Jang Dae-jin, a media and content expert from KT Group.

KT Season (kt seezn), an OTT specialized company established by spinning off KT Group's mobile media business division into a separate corporation, announced on the 5th that its board of directors held a meeting and resolved to appoint the CEO.

KT has brought remarkable changes to media consumption patterns centered on IPTV, which was first introduced domestically in 2008. Through KT Season, which is taking its first step this time, KT aims to enhance the competitiveness of domestic OTTs and create a virtuous cycle structure of content investment → content supply → service provision → sales and distribution. The OTT service "seezn," previously provided by KT, will now be offered by KT Season.

KT Season will play a pivotal role in KT Group's media and content business alongside Studio Genie. Studio Genie will serve as the control tower for content production and development, while KT Season will provide next-generation platforms such as OTT.

KT Season has completed preparations for corporate establishment, which had been underway since the first half of this year, and will officially start its business in the second half. The goal is to improve customer satisfaction through service restructuring and to solidify the content lineup by aggressively investing in exclusive and specialized content both domestically and internationally. Plans are also in place to expand external investment attraction and partnerships.

The inaugural CEO, Jang Dae-jin, born in 1971, majored in Biomedical Electronics Engineering at Yonsei University. He was responsible for future business strategy at the Future Convergence Business Promotion Office and led new media businesses including OTT. Since last year, he has overseen KT Group's overall content, planning external partnership cooperation and the group's content business structure.

CEO Jang Dae-jin said, "Based on KT Group's powerful media platform, we will grow KT Season into the best OTT operator in Korea. We will elevate KT Group's media business to the next level by providing innovative services that can succeed not only domestically but also in overseas markets, along with content that satisfies customers."

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