SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean bands AOA, TWICE and 2PM will headline KCON Japan, that country’s edition of the world’s largest convention on all things “hallyu,” or the worldwide popularity of Korean culture, organizers said Friday. This year’s KCON Japan will consist of a convention displaying merchandise related to Korean culture, a [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Thousands gathered at the world’s largest K-pop festival held for the first time in the Middle East last week, its host said Monday. More than 8,000 people came from all over the region, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, to attend KCON 2016 Abu Dhabi at the city’s largest outdoor venue, du [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) - South Korean conglomerate CJ has been the talk of the town for its thriving entertainment and cultural business to spread the Korean Wave beyond Asia, even drawing attention from the academic circle, company officials said Monday. A group of 30 students from Harvard Business School on Friday visited the CJ [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) - Thanks to popular reality cooking show “Three Meals a Day” and family soap opera “Reply 1988,” cable network tvN has achieved twice its profit target for 2015, industry sources said Friday. Advertising for the fourth season of “Three Meals a Day” and “Reply 1988″ were the main drivers, the sources [...]
SEOUL, Jan.12 (Korea Bizwire) – With giant companies such as CJ E&M and Kakao jumping into popular culture businesses, huge changes in the television and music industries are expected to follow. Kakao, the company behind the most popular mobile messenger in Korea, announced that it will be taking over Loen Entertainment for 1.87 trillion won. [...]
SEOUL, Dec.21 (Korea Bizwire) – CJ E&M announced that it has signed an agreement with Click Licensing Asia, the largest character licensing company in Southeast Asia, and the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) to export Korean animations to Southeast Asia. Based on the agreement, CJ E&M will provide 20 popular Korean animations through its ‘Tooniverse [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – CJ E&M, which manages the music site mnet.com, has decided to abolish its ‘recommended music’ section. ‘Recommended music’ refers to songs that are selected by music sites for increased promotion, and are displayed right above the ranking charts. If a song is selected as ‘recommended music’, it is easier [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The song “Lost Stars” from the American comedy-drama film “Begin Again” was ranked as the most popular film music in Korea over the past four years. According to the analysis by Mnet.com, a music streaming site run by CJ E&M, “Lost Stars”, performed by Adam Levine of Maroon 5, ranked [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A Korean-Vietnam co-produced TV series entitled ‘Forever Young’ (Tuoi Thanh Xuan) will be aired on cable channel Story On at 7 PM between Tuesdays and Thursdays from June 23. Forever Young was already aired in Vietnam, and earned the highest ratings among programs aired at the same time. The [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading content and media company CJ E&M Thursday launched a new project supporting YouTube video creators to help them advance to the global market. The company said it will expand its two-year-old Multi-Channel Network (MCN) service under the rechristened brand name, DIA TV, an acronym for Digital [...]