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 […]
On November 24th was born the London Hallyu Society (LHS), a non-profit organization aimed at federating Londoners interested in “Korean dramas, K-pop and all the modern Korean art and entertainment.” That day is also the birthday of London Korean Drama Club’s founder, an unbelievably timely and ironic coincidence! The LHS was founded by two bubbly […]
After DramaFever’s dive into original series with Heirs and Tomorrow Cantabile, we were waiting for competitor Viki to make a move. And it did, as on September 16th it revealed “Dramaworld“, a 10-episode comedy-drama set in Los Angeles and Seoul, to be coproduced with Jetavana Entertainment (China), EnterMedia Contents (the company behind a few of the U.S. […]
Earlier this month, news was reported that Japanese telco SoftBank was looking to disvest from DramaFever, and that Warner Bros is a likely acquirer. The news followed the unexpected decision of acquiring British drama series from BBC Worldwide, the distribution arm of the BBC, for the U.S. only. The deal is apparently the first of […]
Besides our main activity of promotion of Korean TV drama series in the UK, we have decided to launch an activity of distribution of Asian co-produced webseries under the umbrella of Daehan Drama. Our decision is based on the international market’s growing acceptance of webseries as professional and qualitative content: Previously ad-funded streaming services […]
We are glad to announce that we are now one of very select affiliates of Korean language website 90 Day Korean. 90 Day Korean has come a long way since they first released our 90 Minute Challenge to learn the Korean alphabet in late 2013. Many now use their resources to study Korean in the comfort […]
After three days of exhibition at FestivalAsia and about a hundred participants to our giveaway, we are glad to be announcing the winners. One for each day. Friday 15 May: Anisa Q. wins the OST CD of My Love from Another Star, a Running Man poster and DramaFever stickers and lip balm. Saturday 16 May: […]
As you may already know London Korean Drama Club have been busy preparing for FestivalAsia which takes place this weekend starting from Friday 15th May to Sunday 17th May at Tobacco Docks. We want to meet as many Korean drama enthusiasts and potential Korean drama fans as possible at our stand and what better way […]
Over the weekend you might have noticed many of your foreign friends praising their mothers for their hard-work, love and dedication. It was indeed Mother’s Day in many countries, including South Korea (May 8) and the United States (May 10). Although our local Mother’s Day was two months ago (March 15), as DramaFever is a […]
Cultural trends are often combinations of the zeitgeist and more rational triggers. Among them is the work and efforts of those who, behind the scene, have directly or indirectly, actively or passively, promoted them. In the case of Korean dramas, we could say that Korean TV executives may have indirectly made their colleagues aware of the audience’s […]