Audiovisual services in Korea: Market development and policies

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This paper reviews economic development and the regulatory environment of audiovisual services in the Republic of Korea (hereafter, Korea). The paper specifically examines motion pictures and broadcasting, and discusses what drives or hinders the sector's trade potential. Korean motion pictures have benefited greatly from the elimination of government censorship, substantial investment capital, especially from the 1990s, and frequent invitations from prestigious international movie festivals. The trade potential of Korean audiovisual services depends on whether Korean audiovisual services providers create high quality content that can be shared locally and/or universally. As recently proven in Korea's film industry, Korean content does have trade potential. The most important prerequisite for high quality content is the generation of creative ideas, which would be hindered by strong government censorship and controls. The restrictive Korean broadcasting sector should learn from the success of the Korean film industry in this regard.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ADBI Working Paper ; No. 354

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology ; Development Planning and Policy: Trade Policy; Factor Movement; Foreign Exchange Policy ; Economywide Country Studies: Asia including Middle East
• Subject: audiovisual services ; republic of korea ; motion pictures ; broadcasting ; Multimedia ; Fernsehprogramm ; Film ; Handelsliberalisierung ; Dienstleistungshandel ; Kulturpolitik ; Südkorea

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Song, Yeongkwan
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
• (where): Tokyo
• (when): 2012

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/101158
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET