Busan City Selected for 'Local One-Person Media Center Construction Project' ... Up to 1.44 Billion KRW National Funding Support

Busan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Busan City has been finally selected in the Ministry of Science and ICT and Korea Radio Promotion Association’s ‘Regional One-Person Media Center Establishment Project’ competition.

Busan City will receive up to 1.44 billion KRW in national funding by 2024.

The ‘Regional One-Person Media Center Establishment Project’ is a competitive project aimed at creating a virtuous cycle structure to grow the domestic one-person media industry.

Six local governments applied for the project, and after the first document evaluation and the second face-to-face presentation evaluation, Busan City, Daegu City, and Gangwon Province were finally selected.

Busan City plans to install the ‘Busan Regional One-Person Media Center’ at the Regional Industry Welfare Center, a New Deal project site based on the economy of Yeongdo.

The city plans to promote projects such as ▲building a medium-sized studio for one-person media-based technology convergence content production ▲supporting the production of regionally specialized content such as tourism and local specialties ▲discovering and nurturing new local creators.

Busan City intends to lead the convergent development of local-based industries and the one-person media industry by utilizing related infrastructure in Yeongdo-gu, where the one-person media center will be installed, including marine, ship repair, tourism, and content sectors.

By establishing a broadcasting system capable of live streaming and technology convergence content production, the city plans to enable creators and citizens in the relatively neglected old downtown area to enjoy more diverse cultural content.

In addition, to revitalize content production by local one-person media creators, the city plans to support follow-up marketing such as scheduling programs linked with the local broadcaster KNN.

To continuously discover and nurture excellent local creators, professional support will also be promoted, including operating educational programs in collaboration with Sandbox, a multi-channel network (MCN) company.

Park Hyung-jun, Mayor of Busan, said, “The city will ensure that the one-person media industry, a new growth engine of the media industry, can create various synergies such as revitalizing local tourism and corporate marketing.”

The city plans to complete a ‘One-Person Media Production Hub Belt’ connecting East Busan, Central Busan, Old Downtown, and West Busan, and create a regional one-person media industry ecosystem that anyone can easily access.

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