SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — With South Korea on its way to returning to normal from COVID-19, local broadcasters are set to resume the recording of their programs with a studio audience for the first time in nearly two years. Cable channel tvN said Friday that its long-running skit show “Comedy Big League” will [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean drama production industry has snapped to attention as intensifying controversy over distorting Korean history led to the recent termination of the period series “Joseon Exorcist.” Set in the early 15th century during the reign of King Taejong, the third on the throne of the 1392-1910 Joseon [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s three major TV networks — KBS, MBC and SBS — have started or will start a sign-language interpretation service on their prime-time news programs for the convenience of people with disabilities. MBC said it has begun the real-time sign-language interpretation system on its “News Desk,” which airs [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — With the shooting schedules of dramas and entertainment programs being halted amid the resurgence of the coronavirus in South Korea, news bureaus, the last bastion of broadcasting stations, are struggling to keep news alive while minimizing in-person interaction. KBS’s “Each and Every Case,” for example, a daily current affairs [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The much-anticipated high-profile year-end K-pop shows by three major TV broadcasters last week were overshadowed by a series of accidents, including a girl band member’s fall from a stage. The decadeslong annual live K-pop shows stand as major broadcasting events to mark the end of the year and have [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of TV ads for alcoholic beverages and private lenders dropped last year from the year before, records from the communications watchdog showed Friday, apparently as the ads were more broadly distributed to other outlets, such as mobile platforms. Some 19,158 alcohol-related commercials aired on terrestrial and cable [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean TV broadcasters are undecided on how to best deal with Netflix, the global over the top (OTT) content provider that distributes streaming media. For now, the major terrestrial TV stations have stated that they will not sell their latest content to Netflix. But non-terrestrial TV production houses such [...]