Transition Team: "Public Broadcasting License Fee Operation Transparency, Broadcasting Review System Reform"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The Presidential Transition Committee will transparently disclose how the public broadcasting license fees are used and establish a 'Media Innovation Committee' to reform the broadcasting review system.

On the 28th, Park Seong-jung, spokesperson for the Science, Technology, and Education Subcommittee of the Transition Committee, said at the Transition Committee office in Tongui-dong, Jongno-gu, "We will set up a License Fee Committee to objectively review the appropriate amount and establish criteria for the distribution of license fees," adding, "We will transparently disclose how much of the license fees paid by the public are received by broadcasters and how they are used, so they can be evaluated."

Spokesperson Park said, "The License Fee Committee will be an organization including both public officials and civilians to comprehensively review license fee issues," and "Public trust in public broadcasting is declining day by day. It has reached a serious level to the extent that it is criticized as a 'broadcasting for themselves only.'

One of President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol's pledges is to introduce a self-regulatory review system through the Media Innovation Committee. Spokesperson Park stated, "The current review system of the Korea Communications Standards Commission rather undermines fairness. The newly established Media Innovation Committee will prepare plans to introduce a civilian-centered self-regulatory review system."

The Transition Committee firmly stated that there are no plans to select additional comprehensive programming channels. Spokesperson Park explained, "There is no intention to increase the number of comprehensive programming channels. President-elect Yoon's view is firm," adding, "Our broadcasting market, which is currently a multi-public, single-private system, should compete as a minority public, multi-private system, and there is no room for an increase in media comprehensive programming channels."

Along with this, there is also a plan to abolish the public broadcasting re-licensing system and establish the public responsibilities of public broadcasting through agreements.

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