DramaFever, one of the two leading Korean drama streaming services in the world, has shut down. While DramaFever had shown signs of slow-down in the UK, with fewer new titles made available in the past two years, the streamer had however shown ambition to roll-out into new markets such as India and the rest of Europe. […]
Following our partnership with Kmania (Kelab Pengkritik & Peminat Korea) in Malaysia, we are sharing with you details on their annual Kdrama awards attribution, called CARI Kdrama Awards. Bestowed by the Malaysian Critics Drama Society, it functions similarly to our Daehan Drama Awards (DDA), with Malaysian fans invited to vote for their favourite Kdramas in a number […]
As a previous awardee of KOFICE’s grant for overseas communities promoting Korean culture, the London Korean Drama Club (LKDC) has been advised of an exciting new Kpop music streaming service called mubeat, to launch in a few months from now. Operated by Vlending, a joint-venture between two of the three large national broadcasters of South […]
In this 2016 edition, the UK was featured with great honor as BBC’s The Night Manager, produced by The Ink Factory, and starring Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie, won the GRAND PRIZE at the awards ceremony. Susanne Bier also won the Best Director award in the individual categories. Meanwhile, Viki’s first original TV series DRAMAWORLD was […]
Jason Bechervaise is a British journalist and Korean film critic who took part in the SDA 2016 preliminary selection as a mini-series juror. As a huge fan of Korean movies, he comments for various media such as EBS, Arirang TV, TBS and has experience participating as juror in various film festivals. We met with Jason, […]
Following our panel discussion on Thursday 23 June, it seems timely to pursue our exploration of the distribution of Korean dramas by looking at their presence in the Turkish as well as Middle Eastern markets. Indeed, although very few Korean dramas have actually aired in Turkey, they have proven a sought-for source of inspiration for Turkish dramas, […]
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 […]
The submissions for the Seoul Drama Awards 2016 have been open for a little more than a month now. The 11th edition of the festival will be telecast on KBS on September 8, and as usual, TV creatives can submit their TV movies, mini-series and TV series for consideration Deadline is Friday May 6th at 11:59PM […]
As we have moved the date of the event to April 25th, we are extending the voting period to Sunday April 3rd 23:59. Don’t miss this opportunity to see your vote count, opening up an opportunity for your favorite actors to either thank you in person or even attend our awards ceremony. To vote, visit […]
Personal yet universal stories tackled with both nostalgia and humor are often the best way to bring different cultures together and touch audiences from various backgrounds. And Korean American director Benson Lee achieved a perfect balance in Seoul Searching which had its European premiere screening at the Asia House Film Festival on Saturday February 27th at […]