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 [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The government said Friday it will ease regulations on major television networks’ advertising time to help boost the struggling TV advertising market in fair competition with paid TV services under less strict rules. The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) approved a revised broadcasting bill that would scrap the currently strict rules [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The unbelievable popularity of the Chinese-version Running Man is the talk of town these days. According to SBS, the original patent holder of the variety program, the first episode of “Hurry Up, Brother” Season 2 broadcast on April 17 recorded a 4.794% viewer rating, 0.678 percent point higher that the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean variety TV show ‘Star King‘ has been running for nine years, and is set to air its 400th episode. Its host Kang Ho-dong and other co-hosts gathered for a press conference celebrating the show’s 400th episode at SBS in Deungchon-dong, Seoul on January 19. Kang said that he [...]
SEOUL, KOREA, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Drama Awards Organizing Committee announced the final entries of the 9th Seoul International Drama Awards 2014. Featuring diverse international drama productions, the annual awards ceremony received a total of 209 submissions from 50 nations including Korea, Taiwan, Australia, as well as the United States and United Kingdom, [...]