Today, Thursday 20 November, voting period for the 2015 DramaFever Awards has open, and we are glad to announce we are the official UK partners for this competition. Toyota is sponsoring the voting and the ceremony this year, so we can expect a “much more ambitious event” according to DramaFever. To vote for your favorite […]
We mentioned it last week, DramaFever is making a move with Korean webseries, starting with Love Cell (Naver TVCast, 14 episodes) – starring Kim Woo-bin and Jang Hyuk. The online platform is to repeat the experience with new webseries Doll House, which stars Jung Hee-chul (A Secret To Voices) and Sun Joo-ah (King’s Dream, movie Pluto). The 12-episode series […]
Subway Cinema, the hosts of the New York Asian Film Festival, will soon welcome another event, this time dedicated to Korean cinema. Co-organized with The Korea Society, the New York Korean Film Festival will show both critically acclaimed films as well as box office hits from November 20 to 23. They especially managed to get […]
Following the investment by Japanese telco conglomerate Softbank, DramaFever is exploring new contents and territories where to launch. In the past few months, DramaFever had started adding Korean films (such as The Fatal Encounter on November 7 (1)), and even animation. It is now diversifying a little more by adding Korean Internet-only dramas and miniseries, […]
On September 24, The Hospital Club welcomed a number of important personalities from the Korean drama industry, as producers and executives from the major broadcasters came to attend a K-Drama Showcase – part of the KCCUK’s K-Drama Week. After a first session dedicated to explore collaboration opportunities between South Korea and the UK, which the […]
The buying spree started last year, when Japanese ecommerce giant, Rakuten, founded by Hiroshi Mikitani in 1997, announced in September 2013, that it would acquire Viki for $200 million. Although Viki streams a wide diversity of foreign-language series, its strongest programming has been Korean dramas. The move came up as Rakuten are investing heavily in […]
Today, Monday 13 October, DramaFever will premiere its second coproduction project, Tomorrow’s Cantabile, based on the popular Japanese manga, on its VOD service in North America and Latin America. Its first venture was with Hwa & Dam Pictures for The Heirs, a 20-episode romantic drama series starring Lee Min-ho (Boys Over Flowers, City Hunter) and […]
London, 6 October, 2014: The London Korean Drama Club is pleased to announce that the 1st Daehan Drama Awards will take place on Friday 10 October 6.30pm at the Bulgari Hotel in Knightsbridge, London. The event will be attended by actresses Tiana Kim, Kunjue Li and kayagum-acoustic guitar duo KAYA. The ceremony will see 11 […]
After one month focused on boosting viewership for the Running Man entertainment TV show, DramaFever is coming back with a roster of great Korean dramas. At the top of list is hit action series City Hunter which will be premiering on October 6, right before our Daehan Drama Awards ceremony. City Hunter is so far […]
While it has been known for many months that My Love from Another Star was getting a Chinese remake, the interest of U.S. broadcast networks in Korean scripted TV series is confirmed once again with ABC optioning the script for a remake. Behind such move are, once again, Korean-American consultants, Sebastian Dong-hun Lee and David […]