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Yoo In-chon Meets with SAG-AFTRA to Benchmark OTT Revenue Sharing and AI Usage Guidelines

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Yoo In-chon Meets with SAG-AFTRA to Benchmark OTT Revenue Sharing and AI Usage Guidelines
Type Regulations and Policies Genre Broadcasting, New Technologies

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Yoo In-chon, Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, visited SAG-AFTRA in Los Angeles to discuss responses to digital changes like OTT and AI. Meeting with Fran Drescher, SAG-AFTRA President, Yoo explored the aftermath of last year’s strike and improvements in compensation structures. Key outcomes included increased minimum wages for actors, new streaming bonuses, and guidelines for AI usage.
SAG-AFTRA, representing 160,000 members, went on strike for the first time in 63 years, ending with significant contract improvements. Yoo emphasized learning from these changes to better support Korean content creators and protect their rights in the evolving digital landscape.