MegazoneCloud participates as sponsor of '2025 Fundex Award'

• Held on the 18th at Gwacheon Megazone Industry-Academia-Research Center...'100% data-driven' K-content and cast selection

Megazone Cloud (CEO Yom Dong-hoon), a leading AI and cloud company, is participating as an official sponsor of the 「2025 FUNdex Award」 hosted by Good Data Corporation, a K-content topicality analysis organization. Megazone Cloud's participation as the main sponsor of the FUNdex Award is the second time following last year.

The 「2025 FUNdex Award」 will be held on the 18th at the Gwacheon Megazone Industry-Academia-Research Center Auditorium and will be live-streamed online from 2 PM through the FUNdex official YouTube channel.

The FUNdex Award is an event where Good Data Corporation analyzes and evaluates the topicality and competitiveness of TV programs and online video service (OTT) content on a 100% data-driven basis to select and award the best works and cast members. Instead of having a judging panel, an advisory panel participates by advising on data verification and the entire selection process, which is a characteristic of departing from the existing award method that relied on subjective judgment.

This is the third edition of the awards ceremony, and programs broadcast or released through terrestrial, cable, and OTT in 2025 and cast members of each program have been nominated as candidates. Final nominees and award recipients are determined solely by data compiled from various indicators including ▲topicality surveys ▲search reaction surveys ▲FUNdex fun intensity index ▲whether cast members entered the TOP10 topicality rankings, etc. Award winners in 8 categories of works, 10 categories of cast members, and 4 categories of global netizen popularity stars have been announced through the FUNdex website.

On the awards ceremony day on the 18th, award winners in 3 categories of Data PD Award, the final work award and cast award selected from the winning works will be announced.

Megazone Cloud decided to participate as a sponsor this year following last year, resonating with the FUNdex Award's evaluation of content topicality and competitiveness based on objective data. As data analysis using AI and cloud technology is becoming increasingly important in the content industry, Megazone Cloud plans to explore various possibilities in related fields through collaboration with FUNdex.

Gong Seong-bae, Chief AI Officer (CAIO) of Megazone Cloud, said, 「By sponsoring the FUNdex Award for two consecutive years, we are continuously exploring ways to use content data more systematically and expand collaboration in trend analysis and prediction in the media field,」 and added, 「Based on our AI and cloud-based data analysis capabilities, we will strengthen our ability to support the content industry in making more sophisticated data-driven decisions by utilizing accumulated viewer preference change data.」

Won Soon-woo, CEO of Good Data and chair of the awards organizing committee, said, 「Megazone Cloud's sponsorship and collaboration for two consecutive years is a very meaningful process, and we are looking forward to innovative data analysis results,」 and added, 「Through providing AI-based data analysis services, we will also work together to demonstrate the competitiveness of K-content to the world.」

Megazone Cloud is an AI and cloud-native leading company with approximately 2,000 cloud and AI technology experts, and is a digital transformation (DX) partner for approximately 8,000 domestic and international customers. Based on strategic partnerships with major global and domestic cloud service providers (CSPs), the company supports customer innovation and growth through 150+ ISV partners and self-developed cloud, AI, and security solutions. Under the vision of 「Transform Tomorrow, Together,」 the company is creating future competitiveness for customers through technology, data, and the passion of its employees. Megazone Cloud operates local subsidiaries in 9 countries including Korea, North America, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Oceania, and is growing together with customers as a global partner.