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2012 Busan Contents Market Kicks Off Thursday

Meet content providers, broadcasters, and other entertainment program creators from all over the world, all in one place!
This is the 6th International Busan Contents Market, that runs for three days, until this Saturday here, at the BEXCO Convention Center, in Korea's southern-most port city of Busan.
Nearly six-hundred media-related companies from 47 countries are participating in this year's event.

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[Interview : Benn Watson, Seller from the U.S. GRB Entertainment ] "We came to BCM this year in order for our broadcast partners to show some documentaries and reality TV programming that we have sell".

Some 12-hundred media professionals browse hundreds of booths, looking for creative and interesting TV shows, documentaries, animations, and sports programs.

[Interview : Szilveszter Barath, Buyer from Hungary ATV] "I am from Hungary
contents which is popua

[Interview : Nguyen Thi Truc Mai, Buyer from Vietnam The New Media VISION] " I am concentrating in buying Korean dramas, . ~~~"

This year's event is expected to generate some 54-million U.S. dollars worth of contracts, up from last year's 48-million.

[Reporter : Park Ji-won jiwonpark@arirang.co.kr] "And here, international buyers and sellers can not only make business deals, but they can also network and share the latest information on the content industry".

Under the slogan of "New Contents, New Network",. this year's event aims to be a venue for exchanging diverse entertainment programs throughout the world.

[Interview : Koo Jong-sang, Chairman Busan Contents Market Org. Committee] "We think the quality of content is more important than the quantity. If buyers and sellers, along with viewers from all over the world are satisfied with these new contents, this contents market will have made a significant achievement".

With the current global popularity of Korean pop culture, the organizing committee hopes the annual International Busan Contents Market becomes known as a top-notch hub for the exchange of content throughout the world.

Park Ji-won, Arirang News, Busan.

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