SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The television viewership race is a zero-sum game. Gains are achieved at the expense of someone’s losses. If a show catches fire, quite often an incoming competitor is, as they say, dead on arrival. With no exception, early 2017 also has had its few winners and many mediocre-to-losing performers [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular actress Lee Young-ae has donated to a local hospital in Gangneung where her recent drama was shot. Earlier this month, Lee made the donation of 100 million won (US$87,450) to Asan Hospital in the city, in Gangwon Province, asking that the money be used to treat poor patients. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – SBS’s annual end-year music festival, the SBS Gayo Daejeon, took place on Monday at Seoul’s COEX, celebrating the program’s 20th anniversary. The one-day show was highlighted by performances and musical collaborations between K-pop artists and producers from all genres and age groups, including Big Bang, BTS, AOA, EXO, Twice, [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The entire cast of the popular South Korean variety show “Running Man” will meet with their fans in China this fall, the program’s broadcaster said Tuesday. SBS will organize the fan meetings in five or six cities across China between September and November, the first time the broadcaster has done [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – With an increasing number of Koreans consuming video content via mobile devices, major Korean broadcasters are expanding their offerings to mobile broadcasting. SBS, MBC, and tvN recently launched mobile content brands Mobidic, MBig TV, and tvNgo, with stiff competition between broadcasters to attract mobile-friendly consumers. TvNgo has been the [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) – South Korean TV dramas are captivating viewers in Argentina, another sign that the popularity of “hallyu” is rising in Latin America. “Stairway to Heaven” starring Kwon Sang-woo and Choi Ji-woo has recently been hovering around fifth in the local viewership ranking, according to the Korean Cultural Center in the South American country, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean actor Lee Jong-suk has been cast for an upcoming South Korean-Chinese soap opera, which will be his first drama in more than a year, his agency said Wednesday. Lee had been asked to play in a number of TV series, but he chose to work with producer [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The fifth season of “K-pop Star,” a popular singing audition program, will not only focus on the individual’s talent but also his motivation for wanting to become a singer, producers said Monday. “K-pop Star,” an SBS program started in 2011, has gained significant clout over the past four years, [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Kwang-soo, a Korean entertainer known for his friendly image on the TV variety show Running Man, has become a ‘prince’ celebrity in South Asian countries, being featured in several TV commercials in Hong Kong, Malaysia and China. Although Lee is not as exceptionally handsome as other K-wave stars [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean broadcaster SBS said Thursday it will co-produce the Chinese remake of its reality survival show “The Law of the Jungle” with a Chinese partner for broadcast in October. First aired in 2011, “The Law of the Jungle” is a popular reality-documentary show on SBS in which a [...]