Digital TV Transition in the perspective of Public Private Partnership

초록

Digital TV transition requires complicated decision makings including a number of political, social, economic and technological issues. As the evolution of information and communications technologies as well as expand of globalization increase further, more actors have been involved than ever before. It is essential to coordinate between public and private actors in the digital transition process. In the digital transition process, public actors have gradually given their seats to those of private sector. This situation is different from previous broadcasting policy implementation. Digitalization of television is one of the major turning points in broadcasting history This research aims at examining digital TV transition in the perspective of public and private partnership (PPP). PPP is a good methodology to investigate diverse relationships between public sector and private party in implementing national projects. This study addresses how the relationships between public and private actors have shaped digital TV transition in Korea. This study considers cooperation and conflict issues among the public and private actors in order to attain the successful digital transition.