Busan, Korea- The tenth edition of Busan Contents Market (BCM) concluded successfully with a total of 2,650 people with 993 companies representing 45 nations in attendance. Among these attendees, 1,710 buyers and sellers came from 666 companies and the rest came to participate at individual major events such as Asian Next Generation Contents Seminar, BCM Pitching, MIP-Academy-BCM2016 Global Contents Producer for Korean producers, Biz Marching and Korea Documentary Festival which went in full swing.

Newcomers from Argentina’s Telefe, Russia’s Signal Media International, Talpa Asia, Hasbro, Shoreline Entertainment and returning exhibitors such as Red Arrow, FremantleMedia, Endemol Shine, Caracol TV International, ITV Studios, Eccho Rights attended.

Korea Documentary Festival was a new event which took place at the market and the ceremony was hosted by Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and co-organized by BCM and Korea Communication Agency, to further promote co-production with Chinese broadcasting companies.

Reed Midem’s MIP Academy returned for the second time with MIP drama screenings with official selections and MIPDOC top 30 documentaries digital library with fresh TV formats.