On November 26, the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) made public the results of a study it conducted in the United States about the consumption of Korean television dramas. Just to put this is context, KOCCA supports the promotion of Korean creative industries in international markets, and as such this study shall serve the companies […]
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 […]
We recently announced our partnership with Viki recently and part of it, we will be regularly announcing new Korean dramas available to stream in the UK. There are currently 167 Korean dramas available on the platform. The specificity of Viki is also it’s ability to bring to you several Korean dramas that are still airing […]
Over the past few months, there have been several announcements and events that have put East Asian contents at the forefront of UK TV and film news – and especially Korean contents. On October 8, 2013, it was suggested an East Asian Television would launch on Sky in July 2014… As announced back then, the […]