The viability of South Korea’s KBS is under threat due to government plans to alter its funding mechanism, according a public service media advocacy group.
The Global Task Force for Public Media — which counts KBS, the BBC and CBC among its members — has issued a statement warning plans to change legislation would hand the public service broadcaster “an existential crisis.” Korea’s government wants to separate the collection of KBS’s license fee from electricity bills.
The current system has been in place since 1994, and sees every household with a TV receiver charged a monthly ₩2,500 ($1.91) a month for a bundle on top of their electrical services.
KBs filed an injection against the Korea Communications Commission two days ago to stop the move, mind fears it lacks proper scrutiny.
Read more on deadline.com
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