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D'Live Seeks to End Contracts for Four CJ ENM Channels
South Korean cable operator D'Live is seeking to end contracts for four CJ ENM channels: Mnet, Tooniverse, tvN Drama and ChinaTV.
No decision has been made to stop broadcasting them, and D'Live says talks with CJ ENM are continuing.
The dispute is part of a wider fight over the fees cable operators pay broadcasters to carry their channels.
D'Live says worsening business conditions make it difficult to keep paying the existing fees, while CJ ENM has said it cannot accept a broadcast shutdown.
Broadcasters argue that ending contracts risks undermining government guidance for fair channel changes, while cable operators say payment rules should reflect a shrinking market and changing viewing habits.
A separate operator, LG HelloVision, plans to stop airing four CJ ENM channels on November 26, although its channels are not the same set as D'Live's.
The outcome could affect what cable viewers can watch, and D'Live and CJ ENM say they will continue negotiations.
D'Live is seeking to end supply contracts for four CJ ENM channels, amid a wider dispute over content fees.
The channels are Mnet, Tooniverse, tvN Drama and China TV.
D'Live says no decision or date has been set for stopping the channels, and talks with CJ ENM are continuing.
D'Live says worsening business conditions make it difficult to maintain current content fees and that CJ ENM did not accept its proposed adjustment.
The dispute reflects opposing positions between cable operators and channel providers over how content fees should be set.
- Who
- D'Live and CJ ENM are negotiating over supply contracts for four channels.
- What
- D'Live is seeking to end the contracts, but no channel shutdown has been decided.
- When
- D'Live conveyed its position before November 15, 2026; CJ ENM responded by November 12.
- Where
- South Korea.
- Why
- D'Live cites worsening cable-industry conditions and says current content fees are difficult to maintain.
Cable operators (SO)
Channel providers (PP)
Content fees
Cable operators (SO)
Cable operators say fee calculations should reflect declining subscribers and profitability.
Channel providers (PP)
Channel providers warn that ending contracts could undermine government guidelines for channel agreements.
Contract terms
Cable operators (SO)
D'Live says it proposed an adjustment under revised industry guidelines.
Channel providers (PP)
D'Live says CJ ENM considered the proposal difficult to accept.
South Korea established guidelines for paid-TV channel contracts and content supply procedures.
The cable industry jointly prepared a proposed revision to guidelines for calculating content payments.
The Korea Broadcasting Channel Promotion Association issued a statement criticizing LG HelloVision's contract-termination move.
CJ ENM reportedly told D'Live it could not accept a channel shutdown but hoped talks would advance quickly.
Yonhap reported that D'Live was negotiating over ending contracts for four CJ ENM channels.
- Channels
- Mnet, Tooniverse, tvN Drama, China TV
- D'Live status
- No shutdown decision or date set
- CJ ENM response deadline
- November 12, 2026
- D'Live proposed guideline
- Revised content-payment calculation guidelines prepared in 2025
- Earlier operator move
- LG HelloVision planned to stop four CJ ENM channels from November 26, 2026
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