Since last year, Funny or Die has produced several collaboration videos between UK/US and South Korean artists. Anna Kendrick goes K-Pop with f(x) First of them was a short video in which we follow US actress Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect) as she is sent to South Korea to learn how to dance K-pop with girls’ […]
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 […]
In February 2014, Crunchyroll followed the lead of Viki and DramaFever and entered the competition for streaming of Korean TV dramas in the U.S. and Canada, with a service called “KDrama”. After the service has likely struggled to find its audience, Crunchyroll and Soompi have concluded a partnership to launch SoompiTV. Soompi is the longest […]
In our introduction article of DramaFever as our first partner, we had already mentioned a couple of hit TV dramas that were available on the platform in the UK. This month, since August 18, we are also promoting the exclusive broadcast of Korean hit entertainment show Running Man through a series of events, the first […]
Running Man is without doubt the most internationally popular Korean TV show, having gathered a massive following not only in South Korea, but also in other parts of Asia, and beyond. As such some episodes could be shot in foreign locations such as Thailand, China, Indonesia and even Australia. Many UK-based fans have also displayed […]
It seems like Paris has become a new hot spot for webseries. While Amazon Studios announced a pilot for a series about foreigners sharing a flat in Paris (a la “Auberge Espagnole”), Youku just greenlit the second season of Ex-Model, a webseries that follows a Chinese model, nearing her thirties, who struggles to reinvent herself […]
While already a few feature films were present on the DramaFever VOD platform, they were mostly independent catalogue Korean films and unfortunately are only viewable in the United States at the moment. Beyond the classic Death Bell (2008) and The Man from Nowhere (2010), only one recent movie was there: The Heaven is Open to […]
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 […]
DaehanDrama is usually dedicated to anything related to Korean TV series. However, in the growing landscape of online streaming worldwide, original productions for on demand platforms have become plenty and are making big waves. After Netflix met a resounding success with House of Cards, other VOD players have started investing in their own original programming. […]
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 […]