Back in January 2016, we had announced the launch of MyTF1 Xtra, replacing standalone VOD service Wat.tv. What had caught our interest was the introduction of four Korean dramas within a new strand of programs dedicated to series from around the globe. After only two months available on the service, these were removed, until MyTF1 brought […]
Today is a big day for UK-based Korean drama fans. It has indeed come to our attention, as well to our friends at UnitedKpop, that Korean dramas have been made available on Netflix UK. The selection is definitely female-skewing with mostly romance and romantic comedy dramas (likely released on Valentine’s Day!): Falling for Innocence aka Beating […]
Viki’s first original series DRAMAWORLD is set to become exclusively available on the global site powered by fans on Sunday 17 April, worldwide excluding China and South Korea. The 10-episode web comedy-drama is set in Los Angeles and South Korea, written in both English and Korean, and aimed at the fast-growing global fan base of […]
January was the month of Korean dramas on MyTF1 Xtra, the fledging VOD service from TF1, France’s largest media group. As reactions have been tremendously positive, the ‘World Series’ strand will continue and in February, French speakers from all over the world will have the opportunity to watch the entire 2 seasons of French-Chinese fashion comedy webseries Ex-Model […]
French Kdrama lovers are really spoiled. To kick off 2016, France’s leading media group has selected four emblematic Korean dramas for its fledging streaming service, MyTF1 Xtra, thanks to a partnership with DramaPassion, leading distributor of Korean drama TV series in Europe. Here is the selection they are proposing for free (with advertising): My Love […]
Western Europe has probably been the hardest market for Korean dramas to break into, given the already well established TV production industries, audiences’ preferences for local flavours and/or American crime procedurals and soaps, as well as strong disparities between countries. This is why we have chosen to start with this region to kick off our new […]
ScreenHits.tv, a UK startup that runs an online marketplace for TV content buyers, has added a small selection of Korean dramas to its highly curated platform. Instead of providing hundreds of movies and TV shows like Netflix and Amazon, ScreenHits’ strategy has been to select a limited number of programs that are considered of interest for […]
After almost a year since the news was made public of Korean film actress Bae Doona taking part in the new science-fiction series Sense8 co-written by the Wachowskis (Matrix, Cloud Atlas) and J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5), Netflix has set a premiere date on its service, including in the United Kingdom. And it will be […]
cool2vu, the new Korean entertainment VOD service from SyQic, previously available only in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, announced on March 9 the expansion of its two year agreement with Viki to cover additional markets. Those include South America, Central America and Europe. In other words, cool2vu is now available to watch in the United Kingdom! […]
As it was confirmed earlier this month, actress Claudia Soo-hyun Kim will feature in the upcoming blockbuster series for Netflix, produced by indie studio The Weinstein Company. But she turns out not to be the only Korean talent in Marco Polo. Indeed, Park Woon-young, a seasoned Korean-American actor, known for his appearances in The Shield […]