Besides Turkey, we are seeing an increasing number of European countries dipping their toes in adaptations of Korean remakes. While across the Atlantic none of the adaptations have been able to make it beyond the pilot episodes, we are seeing signs of a more cautious yet not less serious interest in Korean scripted creativity. With Kanal […]
After the success of our first panel talk at the Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK) last year, we are proud to announce, with the support of KOFICE, our next panel talk, dedicated to Korean scripted formats. Formats are basically the defining narrative elements of a show, be it an entertainment or a fictional series. With the […]
Despite the popularity of Latin American telenovelas and more recently Turkish dramas in Eastern Europe, Korean dramas have somehow managed to carve some space on local television. Not much, but more opportunities await. Hungary was the first country to bring Korean dramas, with negotiations between Hungarian national broadcaster Magyar Televízió (MTVA) with KBS and MBC […]
While the format-exchange agreement between ITV Studios and CJ E&M went well noticed, it is as if the most critical announcement (for us) had been muted. Indeed, on March 18, 2016 Eccho Rights announced the first ever scripted format deal for a Korean drama in the UK: ITV Studios has picked up the TV series Who […]