Exclusive: The Hallyu march continues this week, as a major Korean content streaming service continues its global rollout.
K-entertainment subscription streamer Kocowa+ has launched in Europe and Oceania, offering 30,000 hours — what Kocowa claims is the “largest Korean content library outside of Korea” — and with English, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese subtitles. In total, it will launch in 39 territories.
One notable facet of the service is that all new programs are made available within eight hours of their broadcast in Korea, all fully equipped with subtitles. A curated KocoCraves feature will comprise a mix of live viewing parties and selected content that encourages fan engagement and access to easy-access fan favorite content.
Kocowa is a joint venture company formed by Korean broadcasters Kbs, Mbc and Sbs, Sk Square Americas and Content Wavve. The service launched in 2017 and is already in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Brazil.
The content mix includes K-dramas,...
K-entertainment subscription streamer Kocowa+ has launched in Europe and Oceania, offering 30,000 hours — what Kocowa claims is the “largest Korean content library outside of Korea” — and with English, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese subtitles. In total, it will launch in 39 territories.
One notable facet of the service is that all new programs are made available within eight hours of their broadcast in Korea, all fully equipped with subtitles. A curated KocoCraves feature will comprise a mix of live viewing parties and selected content that encourages fan engagement and access to easy-access fan favorite content.
Kocowa is a joint venture company formed by Korean broadcasters Kbs, Mbc and Sbs, Sk Square Americas and Content Wavve. The service launched in 2017 and is already in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Brazil.
The content mix includes K-dramas,...
- 4/2/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has released a trailer for Irish Wish, a movie rom-com starring Lindsay Lohan, Jane Seymour, Ayesha Curry (Black Lady Sketch Show), Ed Speleers (Star Trek: Picard) and Alexander Vlahos (Outlander), and premiering Friday, March 15.
The premise: When the love of her life gets engaged to her best-friend, Maddie (played by Lohan) puts her feelings aside to be a bridesmaid at their wedding in Ireland — until a spontaneous “wish for true love” causes her to wake up as the bride-to-be!
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The premise: When the love of her life gets engaged to her best-friend, Maddie (played by Lohan) puts her feelings aside to be a bridesmaid at their wedding in Ireland — until a spontaneous “wish for true love” causes her to wake up as the bride-to-be!
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- 2/21/2024
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Streaming platform Disney+ will add four new Korean-language original series to its 2024 lineup.
Its “Blood Free,” “Unmasked,” “The Tyrant” and “Gangnam B-Side” land in addition to a third season of “The Zone: Survival Mission” and the previously announced “Uncle Samsik” and “Light Shop” from webtoon pioneer and creator of the platform’s 2023 series hit “Moving.”
“Blood Free,” which is to star Ju Jihoon (“Kingdom”) and Han Hyojoo (“Moving”), follows a former bodyguard haunted by the failures of his past. He finds himself recruited to protect the CEO of a controversial lab-grown meat company who is also a survivor of the fateful attack that changed his life.
Set in modern-day Seoul, “Unmasked” follows a group of investigative journalists who are fighting for their careers after broadcasting a controversial story. With time running out, the team are given an impossible task if they want to save their jobs – solve a twenty-year-old cold...
Its “Blood Free,” “Unmasked,” “The Tyrant” and “Gangnam B-Side” land in addition to a third season of “The Zone: Survival Mission” and the previously announced “Uncle Samsik” and “Light Shop” from webtoon pioneer and creator of the platform’s 2023 series hit “Moving.”
“Blood Free,” which is to star Ju Jihoon (“Kingdom”) and Han Hyojoo (“Moving”), follows a former bodyguard haunted by the failures of his past. He finds himself recruited to protect the CEO of a controversial lab-grown meat company who is also a survivor of the fateful attack that changed his life.
Set in modern-day Seoul, “Unmasked” follows a group of investigative journalists who are fighting for their careers after broadcasting a controversial story. With time running out, the team are given an impossible task if they want to save their jobs – solve a twenty-year-old cold...
- 2/19/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Disney+ has unveiled a slate of Korean originals, as the streaming platform opts for a more targeted strategy in Asia.
Bolstered by successful Korean tentpoles last year like Moving and Big Bet, the streamer has ordered seven new titles to premiere in 2024, in addition to previously-announced shows including Light Shop, from Moving creator Kangfull, and Uncle Samsik, starring Parasite actor Song Kang-ho.
One of the biggest titles in the Disney+ announcement is Blood Free, which stars Ju Jihoon (Kingdom) and Han Hyojoo (Moving). It follows a former bodyguard haunted by the failures of his past. After following several leads, he finds himself recruited to protect the CEO of a controversial lab-grown meat company, who is also a survivor of the fateful attack that changed his life.
Unmasked stars Kim Hyesoo and is set in modern-day Seoul. The series follows a team of investigative journalists who are fighting for their careers after broadcasting a controversial story.
Bolstered by successful Korean tentpoles last year like Moving and Big Bet, the streamer has ordered seven new titles to premiere in 2024, in addition to previously-announced shows including Light Shop, from Moving creator Kangfull, and Uncle Samsik, starring Parasite actor Song Kang-ho.
One of the biggest titles in the Disney+ announcement is Blood Free, which stars Ju Jihoon (Kingdom) and Han Hyojoo (Moving). It follows a former bodyguard haunted by the failures of his past. After following several leads, he finds himself recruited to protect the CEO of a controversial lab-grown meat company, who is also a survivor of the fateful attack that changed his life.
Unmasked stars Kim Hyesoo and is set in modern-day Seoul. The series follows a team of investigative journalists who are fighting for their careers after broadcasting a controversial story.
- 2/19/2024
- by Sara Merican
- Deadline Film + TV
Disney+ is steadily boosting its output of high-end Korean drama. The streaming service on Monday revealed a growing slate of star-driven Korean originals for 2024, building on the momentum achieved last year with the critical and commercial popularity of hit shows like Moving and Big Bet.
Newly announced titles joining the company’s Korean slate include thriller Blood Free, mystery series Unmasked, actioner The Tyrant, crime drama Gangnam B-Side, and a season three renewal of reality show The Zone: Survival Mission. These series add to Disney’s previously announced 2024 tentpole shows Lightshop, created by hit-making webtoon creator turned screenwriter Kang Full, and period drama Uncle Samsik, starring Korean film icon Song Kang-ho (Parasite) in a rare TV series role. Disney says more Korean titles will join its slate throughout the year. (Summaries of the Korean shows unveiled so far are below.)
“The new Korean originals announced today really builds on the...
Newly announced titles joining the company’s Korean slate include thriller Blood Free, mystery series Unmasked, actioner The Tyrant, crime drama Gangnam B-Side, and a season three renewal of reality show The Zone: Survival Mission. These series add to Disney’s previously announced 2024 tentpole shows Lightshop, created by hit-making webtoon creator turned screenwriter Kang Full, and period drama Uncle Samsik, starring Korean film icon Song Kang-ho (Parasite) in a rare TV series role. Disney says more Korean titles will join its slate throughout the year. (Summaries of the Korean shows unveiled so far are below.)
“The new Korean originals announced today really builds on the...
- 2/19/2024
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Singer Iu has talked about how she spends her off day and it is every bit hilarious. Iu appeared as the guest of the week on the YouTube talk show, ‘Just an Excuse’! with Mc Yoo Jae Suk and co-host Yang Se Chan.
The singer said: “On my days off, I just sit at my dining table.”
Yang Se Chan then asked: “But you’re not sitting there the whole day, right?”
To which, Iu replied, “I sit there all day, for 6-7 hours.”
Iu says it’s good to sit in one spot for long periods of time, reports allkpop.com.
“I didn’t realise that other people don’t do that so often. But for almost a year now, I’ve been filming a new drama. And on that set, people kept telling me I was strange. Usually, in between cuts, people will come back and forth from...
The singer said: “On my days off, I just sit at my dining table.”
Yang Se Chan then asked: “But you’re not sitting there the whole day, right?”
To which, Iu replied, “I sit there all day, for 6-7 hours.”
Iu says it’s good to sit in one spot for long periods of time, reports allkpop.com.
“I didn’t realise that other people don’t do that so often. But for almost a year now, I’ve been filming a new drama. And on that set, people kept telling me I was strange. Usually, in between cuts, people will come back and forth from...
- 2/17/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
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