PTS
Taiwan signed memorandum with KBS Korea. KBS representatives are KBS President
& CEO Sungdong Yang (the third from left) and International Department
Manager Youngsam Kim (the second from left). PTS representatives are PTS Taiwan
President Wen-Chieh Tsao (the third from right) and Manager of International
Department Jessie Shih (the second from right)
The annual conference of the Public Broadcasters
International (PBI) organized by KBS (Korean Broadcasting System) took place in
Seoul, Korea from October 23th -25th, 2018. The international forum, PBI
gathered public service media executives across the globe to share experiences
and ideas about how to deal with challenges in rapidly evolving media
environment by developing strategic plan and vision. President of Public
Television Service (PTS) in Taiwan, Wen-Chieh Tsao was invited to share PTS
methodological approaches and content strategies in digital era. In addition,
PTS has signed the memorandum with KBS on Oct 23rd to strengthen the
Taiwan-Korea media exchange and future cooperation.
PTS and KBS both welcome and support the enhancement of
exchange and dialogue between two sides. The content of the memorandum contains
the mutual collaboration of news, programs, production technology and skills.
PTS aims to provide value-added quality programming services covering a wide
range of categories to present the diversity and creativity in Taiwan, which
includes flagship dramas, documentaries, PTS Life/Innovative Stories, child programs,
etc. On the other hand, The Korean Broadcasting System is the key public
service broadcaster in Korea. The award-winning drama, Descendants of the Sun, which became a hit in 2016 was also one of
KBS successful original shows. The memorandum signed based on the mutual
respect expects to leverage the content resources and create the multiple forms
of cooperation.
The annual conference of the Public Broadcasters
International (PBI) lasts for totally 3 days, which contains 5 keynote speech
sessions. The opening of the event was also live streamed in full HD. The conference
approximately attracted hundreds of public media executives from around 40-50
countries, which included NHK from Japan, BBC from United Kingdom, and CBC from
Canada. Wen-Chieh Tsao, President of Public Television Service (PTS) said, “We
wish to showcase Taiwanese creativity and innovation in media production to the
world through the platform of PBI. Also, it is a valuable opportunity to create
stronger relationship with international public service broadcasters, import
the experience, and foster the media industry development in Taiwan.”
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