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Echelon Studios acquires Next Sohee for North America release

Echelon Studios has acquired North American rights to July Jung’s powerful Korean drama, Next Sohee. With Jung’s directorial debut A Girl at My Door (2014) selected for Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, her second feature Next Sohee returns to Cannes as the closing film at Critics’ Week section. Starring the […]

November 12, 2024

Analysis: Korean, Spanish content tops Netflix non-English viewing

Korean and Spanish titles are the most viewed non-English language content on Netflix, according to Omdia’s What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report for H1 2024. Korean titles now account for 8.71 per cent of all non-English language content consumption on the platform, with Spanish-language content following closely at 7.11 per cent. This popularity represents […]

October 18, 2024

Han Gain voices Bluey Book Read in Korean

BBC Studios and Ludo Studio have announced that actress Han Gain is the voice behind the first-ever Bluey Book Read to be narrated in Korean. Known for her roles in the likes of Moon Embracing the Sun, Bad Guy, Mistress and Architecture 101, Han Gain brings her talent and warmth to the Bluey storybooks Baby […]

October 18, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Samsung TV Plus US adds K-Content

Samsung TV Plus has announced that nearly 4,000 hours of free-to-stream Korean shows and movies are now available on-demand on the service across a variety of genres, such as K-Dramas, K-Crime, K-Thrillers and K-Romance, among others. The K-Content, available to US users, comes from Koreaan production companies CJ ENM and NEW ID and distribution company […]

October 3, 2024

LG Display quits LCD TV panels

LG has sold its last-remaining LCD TV panel production facility. The factory, based in Guangzhou, China, has been sold to TCL for 2 trillion won (€1.35bn). It will be handed over to the new owners on March 31st 2025. The plant is currently busy producing low-end and mid-range LCD TV panels used in various products, […]

October 1, 2024By Chris Forrester

Forecast: China to overtake Korea in OLED output

Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC), in its latest quarterly TV and panel technology capacity outlook, suggests that China is expected to overtake South Korea by 2028. DSCC expects display capacity to rise at a 1.4 percent CAGR from 2023 to 2028, with LCDs growing at just a 1 per cent CAGR and OLEDs growing at […]

September 12, 2024By Chris Forrester

AVIA: Korea shaping the future of Asian streaming

The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA), in partnership with the Korean Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), held Korea in View @BCWW on August 29th, hosting over 300 delegates at COEX, as part of the 3-day broadcasting content convention. The conference opened with a special welcome address by Eun Young Kang, Director of the Broadcast & Advertisement […]

September 9, 2024

Korean adaptation of yes Studios’ Your Honor premieres

yes Studios, in partnership with producers MONSTER Company, has announced that the 10-part Korean adaptation of its hit global scripted format Your Honor launches this week. The first two episodes have dropped on the KT Genie TV platform, with the scheduled channel premiere on ENA tonight (August 12th). Your Honor has proved one of the […]

August 12, 2024

BINGE Korea on Roku

NEW ID, the Asian FAST service company, has announced the launch of BINGE Korea, a specialised FAST platform for K-content offering both live broadcast and VoD services, on US streaming platform Roku. In addition to Roku, new versions have been updated on globally launched TV OS platforms such as Samsung, LG, Amazon Fire TV, and […]

June 18, 2024

Binge Korea launches on Vizio in US

NEW ID, the first in-house venture announced by media group NEW (Next Entertainment World), has announced that Binge Korea, its K-content specialised CTV App, has launched on Vizio, offering a variety of FAST channels. Vizio Smartcast users gain can gain access to a range of Korean content, including K-pop, Korean dramas, movies, variety shows, as […]

May 10, 2024