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Canada to Eliminate Base Contribution on Foreign Streamers, Replace With C$600 Million a Year in Government Funding
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Canada to Eliminate Base Contribution on Foreign Streamers, Replace With C$600 Million a Year in Government Funding

Canada has told the Federal Court of Appeal it intends to eliminate the base contribution on foreign streaming services and replace the money with government funding. A system built to replace the cable levy lost to cord-cutting became a USMCA and Section 301 target

Jung Han · 7월 30, 2026
ABC News Turns the '20/20' True Crime Archive Into a Subscription: $2.99 a Month, Apple Podcasts Only
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ABC News Turns the '20/20' True Crime Archive Into a Subscription: $2.99 a Month, Apple Podcasts Only

ABC News has bundled the '20/20' true crime archive with two new series into a $2.99-a-month subscription. With podcast revenue still overwhelmingly ad-based and those ad dollars concentrated in a handful of chart-topping shows

Jung Han · 7월 30, 2026
“Mandu” and “Yangnyeom” are Becoming Product Names in U.S. Retail
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“Mandu” and “Yangnyeom” are Becoming Product Names in U.S. Retail

Across mainstream U.S. retail, mandu, kimchi, gochujang and yangnyeom are becoming brand language, while K-food, K-beauty and Korean IP increasingly reinforce one another along the same consumer journey.

Jung Han · 7월 30, 2026
When Your AI Double...Takes Your Job
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When Your AI Double...Takes Your Job

GenAI is making mobile dramas faster and cheaper, but the industry’s real competitive advantage will come from traceable consent, compensation and licensing—not from replacing human performers with unaccountable digital doubles.

Jung Han · 7월 29, 2026
AI Recommendation Replaces Discovery, and Ad Money Moves to Small Creators
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AI Recommendation Replaces Discovery, and Ad Money Moves to Small Creators

As discovery moves from chronological feeds to AI recommendation and conversational interfaces, content is priced on relevance rather than reach: 45.5% of U.S. influencer marketing spend goes to accounts under 20,000 followers, and the web is now logging one AI bot visit for every 31 human visits.

Jung Han · 7월 29, 2026
Consumers Use AI—but Reject AI Content...The Adoption–Acceptance Divide Reshaping Media
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Consumers Use AI—but Reject AI Content...The Adoption–Acceptance Divide Reshaping Media

GenAI adoption is rising while acceptance of AI-made media is fragmenting, making creator consent, provenance and compensation—not lower production cost—the industry’s decisive advantage.

Jung Han · 7월 28, 2026
Pay for YouTube, Get NBC’s Sports and Series Too
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Pay for YouTube, Get NBC’s Sports and Series Too

YouTube, which holds 13.4% of U.S. TV watch-time, is folding Peacock and its 1.7% into its own subscription — pulling media companies back from gathering subscribers through their own apps toward selling wholesale to a platform.

Jung Han · 7월 28, 2026
Paramount Heads Straight to Trial on the Warner Deal, and Korea's Media Review Has No Market Test
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Paramount Heads Straight to Trial on the Warner Deal, and Korea's Media Review Has No Market Test

The $111 billion deal is argued in market numbers before closing; the 319.9 billion won YTN transfer was undone on a quorum after ownership had already changed hands. What gets reviewed, and when the dispute happens, produced the two outcomes.

Jung Han · 7월 26, 2026
Netflix's YouTube Playbook Won't Fix Its Viewership Problem
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Netflix's YouTube Playbook Won't Fix Its Viewership Problem

Netflix's push to mimic YouTube—loading up on creator content and video podcasts—is unlikely to fix its stalled viewership, signaling it should refocus on flagship film and TV originals; and that hit-drought opens negotiating leverage and opportunity for proven K-content.

Jung Han · 7월 24, 2026
Livestream Commerce Enters Its $3.7 Trillion Era — and TV Is Changing With It
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Livestream Commerce Enters Its $3.7 Trillion Era — and TV Is Changing With It

As livestream commerce heads toward $3.7 trillion by 2030, U.S. broadcasters, retailers, and FAST platforms are pivoting to shoppable content — and Korea faces the same shift amid a TV home-shopping slump.

Jung Han · 7월 22, 2026
Sphere's Wall Street Communications Hire: An Immersive-Venue Contest, and a New Stage — and Test — for Korean Content
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Sphere's Wall Street Communications Hire: An Immersive-Venue Contest, and a New Stage — and Test — for Korean Content

As Sphere installs Wall Street veteran Karen Laureano-Rikardsen as its communications chief and shifts weight from its single Las Vegas asset to franchise licensing, its immersive-venue rivalry with Cosm is being recast as a contest of capital and partnerships rather than a "better screen"

Jung Han · 7월 22, 2026
News Corp vs. Brave: Is It Search—or the Resale of News Content for AI?
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News Corp vs. Brave: Is It Search—or the Resale of News Content for AI?

News Corp has filed a copyright infringement countersuit against privacy-focused search engine company Brave Software, alleging that Brave collected and copied content from its publications without authorization and then profited by selling it to artificial intelligence companies.

Jung Han · 7월 22, 2026