[THE INVESTOR] South Korea’s biggest marketplace for content creators opened in Seoul on Aug.31 to vitalize the related industries, publicize high-quality entertainment products outside the country and create a marketing venue for domestic and overseas buyers.

BroadCast WorldWide, hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, kicked off today under the theme of “Content, Infinite Possibilities” and runs until Sep. 2 at Coex in southern Seoul.

The country’s three terrestrial networks -- MBC, KBS, SBS -- and popular cable channels like JTBC are in attendance the event, while 240 foreign networks such as BBC Worldwide and NHK have also come to check out the media trends in one of the world‘s most rapidly growing cultural powerhouses.

For the coming two days, seminars on the entertainment content and formats in the digital era will take place with industry experts from all around the world, accompanied by marketing and sales sessions where content creators and investors can check out the latest trends of the industry.

(theinvestor@heraldcorp.com)