Last week I've read three interesting news items about the recent developments happening in Korean TV.
The first one was about the drafting a new law on restricting alcoholic advertising aimed due to problems such as binge drinking (episodic excessive [alcoholic] drinking) and alcoholic-related crimes, as reported by news agency AFP on September 6, read via The Star newspaper on September 7. The draft legislation, says the Ministry of Health and Welfare, prohibits TV programmes targeting teenagers to air alcoholic beverage advertising. There are also plans to ban alcohol advertising on other platforms which is on public transport systems.
The second was from KBS World Radio. The Korea Communications Commission held a plenary session on September 7 and decided to lift a ban on late-night broadcasting of terrestrial TV stations, including KBS, MBC and SBS. The broadcasters can start broadcasting 24 hours a day starting next month. Currently KBS, MBC and SBS air from 6:00 am to 1:00 am the next day. The KCC expects that the late-night broadcasts will allow low-income groups who cannot afford cable TV services to watch programmes late at night and also allows uninterrupted breaking disaster news.
The last one, also from KBS World Radio, reports about the start of HD programming on KBS World. KBS held a ceremony marking the conversion to HD programming from standard definition programming on September 4 at KBS Media Center in Seoul.
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