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 […]
Viki, the leading global VOD platform for foreign-language dramas, and in particular Korean dramas, has reached 1 billion words translated on its site. In celebration of this milestone, Viki has launched the #1BillionWords campaign to honor Viki’s incredible online community and thank its fans by giving away some big prizes including Macbook Airs and Roku […]
After adding new Korean dramas in October and providing Korean drama fans with an incredibly low yearly subscription fee of $11.88, DramaFever is adding exciting Korean dramas as well as Taiwanese dramas still airing. It confirms DramaFever’s strategic decision to add dramas from other Asian countries, and not any Asian country, but the country which was once the leading […]
On November 26, the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) made public the results of a study it conducted in the United States about the consumption of Korean television dramas. Just to put this is context, KOCCA supports the promotion of Korean creative industries in international markets, and as such this study shall serve the companies […]