SOUTH KOREA: HANSOL TELECOM HAS UNVEILS FIRST COMPACT (CD) VENDING MACHINE ALLOWING THE CUSTOMER TO CHOOSE THEIR OWN SELECTION OF MUSIC

Record ID: 674066

  • Title: SOUTH KOREA: HANSOL TELECOM HAS UNVEILS FIRST COMPACT (CD) VENDING MACHINE ALLOWING THE CUSTOMER TO CHOOSE THEIR OWN SELECTION OF MUSIC
  • Date: 19th March 1999
  • Summary: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (MARCH 16, 1999) (RTV) SV LASER SHOW TO UNVEIL MyCD VENDING MACHINE SLV ORGANISERS,STANDING BY ICED CAKE ,CLAPPING AS STREAMERS COME DOWN FROM CEILNG SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) CHAIRMAN KIM KWANG-JIN AT KOREA ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATION SAYING: "It will be really convenient to select songs and produce a CD. It's just like getting coffee or tea from a vending machine. Our record market will be expanded greatly" SLV MyCD MACHINE BEING DEMONSTRATED TO BUSINESS PEOPLE CU MyCD SCREEN WITH CARTOON LOGO CU 10,000 WON BILL NOTE BEING INSERTED INTO MACHINE SV MyCD SAYING HELLO (KOREAN) CU TYPE OF CD BEING SELECTED BY PRESSING CD GRAPHIC ON SCREEN/ COMPUTER PROGRAMME OPERATING SLV DEMONSTRATOR SELECTING SONG FROM LIST ON SCREEN AND THEN SONG BEING PLAYED CU SELECTING PHOTO OF SINGERS CU/SV MyCD MACHINE TELLING DEMONSTRATOR THAT INSTRUCTIONS CAN WRITTEN BY TYPING ON KEYBOARD /DEMONSTRATOR TYPING MESSAGE (3 SHOTS) CU TYPED KEYBOARD MESSAGE "TO MY FRIEND. I HOPE OUR FRIENDSHIP WILL LAST FOREVER" (IN KOREAN) CU MESSAGES WRITTEN ON SPECIAL COMPUTER PAD RECOGNISING HANDWRITTEN LETTERS CU WRITING BY HAND: "CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BIRTH OF MyCD !" (IN KOREAN) CD SCREEN SAYING "MyCD IS IN PROCESS OF PRODUCING YOUR CD PLEASE WAIT FOR A MOMENT" (IN KOREAN) SV/SCU /CU WOMAN PICKING UP PERSONALISED CD FROM MACHINE CU NEWLY PRODUCED CD SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) SAMUEL RYOO, GENERAL MANAGER, STRATEGIC PLANNING TEAM AT HANSOL TELECOM, SAYING : "Hansol Telecom's MyCD is the first CD vending machine of "Music On Demand" style. Since our news release had been publicised, we have had lots of reaction from business people around the world, from U.S.A., Japan, France, Russia, Hong Kong and Singapore" SV PEOPLE TRYING MyCD MACHINE (MARCH 17) (RTV) SLV RECORD/ CD SHOP IN SEOUL SV PEOPLE LISTENING TO MUSIC IN STORE SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) CHO JUNG-YONG, MANAGER AT RECORD SHOP "POWER STATION" SAYING: "It (appearance of MyCD) will reduce the sales of Omnibus (compilation) compact discs at record shops. So it's bad news for record shops" SV CUSTOMER LEE JIN CHECKING CD'S IN SHOP SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) LEE JIN, 39, SAYING: "There are some songs I like and other songs I don't like in one CD. It's good to record only the songs I like in one CD" SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) 31-YEAR-OLD SUH YOUNG-EUN SAYING: "It's really nice (to use MyCD) because I can select songs. But it's expensive -- 10,000 won per five songs" SV SUH CARRYING BASKET FOR COMPACT DISCS
  • Embargoed: 3rd April 1999 13:00
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  • Location: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
  • Country: South Korea
  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment / Showbiz,Science / Technology
  • Reuters ID: LVA9V5E46Y715QLX7CT57QKCBGJH
  • Story Text: A South Korean company is claiming a world first, a CD vending machine which allows customers to choose songs of their choice - the ultimate in personal entertainment.
    Hundreds of businessmen turned out in Seoul this week to see the launch of a CD vending machine which makers claim is the first of its kind.
    Dubbed "MyCD", the machine's inventors - Hansol Telecom, say the invention combines a normal vending machine with the principal of "Music on Demand".
    It took one year to develop the system.
    At the launch chairman Kim Kwang-jin said the system is as easy to operate as a coffee or tea machine and said it will give a huge boost to the music industry.
    For customers fond of doing their own compilations, the machine is a god-send - and simple to operate.
    All you have to do is simply put in a 10,000 won bill (about 8.3 U.S.dollars) into the vending machine and a friendly female voice will welcome you.
    With computerised information, you can select the CD of your choice (currently there are two CDs with different designs) with the press of a button.
    Then it's the difficult part - selecting your favourite songs.Once you have chosen, "MyCD" plays a short extract - just to make sure it's the song you want.
    Currently the vending machine has a selection of 1,000 songs and the machine is connected by fibre optic to a main computer at company headquarters with a bank of 10,000 songs.
    The machines include western and Korean pop songs, classical music, children's' songs and Korean traditional music.
    After selecting five songs you like, it's time to decorate the surface of your CD.
    You can either select a photograph from the machine of your favourite star - or you can play the star yourself, by having the machine take your picture.
    You can print some words on your CD too, by typing it on the keyboard or writing a message with your finger.
    Five minutes later - out pops your very own, personal CD.
    The manufacturers are hoping that the machine will catch on internationally and say they have already received inquiries from the United States, Japan, France, Russia, Hong Kong and Singapore.
    But not everyone is embracing the new invention.Record shop manager Cho Jung-yong said he was worried record sales would be affected.In the current economic climate, compilation CDs have become more and more popular.
    Customers, however, say the machine is a great innovation.
    "Each and every CD contains some songs I like and other songs I don't like.It will be great if I can select and record only the songs I like," said 39-year-old Lee Jin.
    "I spend lots of money to buy many CDs only for one song I like.So it's really nice to have a CD with songs of my selection.But it's expensive -- 10,000 won for five songs,"
    said 31-year-old Suh Young-eun.A normal CD costs 11,000 won (nine U.S.dollars).
    The vending machines will make their public debut in May in department stores, record shops and in busy streets.
    The manufacturers say they are planning to produce 500 machines this year and expand production next year.They are hoping that despite the economic crisis, the machines will generate a turnover of some 100 million won (83,000 U.S.
    dollars) each year - as well as giving customers exactly the sort of music they want to hear.
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