SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A story about young people drinking alone after work has found an eager audience here. “Drinking Solo,” a Monday-Tuesday series on cable channel tvN, rose two notches to sixth place on the Content Power Index (CPI) after scoring 226.3 points in the first week of this month. The CPI, [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A press conference for ‘Babel 250’, a new South Korean reality TV show airing on tvN, was held at Stanford Hotel in Sangam-dong, Seoul, on July 25. When one of the cast members spoke during the press conference, their speech was first interpreted into Korean then interpreters sitting behind the [...]
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, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) - The third season of “Youth over Flowers,” a tvN travel reality show, will take four male leads of the same network’s soap opera hit “Reply 1988″ to Africa, its producers said Thursday. Star producer Na Young-seok, whose shows have consistently ranked high in viewership charts, will continue to direct the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Veteran actor Park Shin-yang said Wednesday he’ll “show no mercy” to his six students in the upcoming reality show “Actor School.” Park played the lead role in the popular 2004 drama “Lovers in Paris” and has twice been named Best Actor of the Year by terrestrial network SBS. “When [...]
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, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean office drama “The Incomplete” has won top honors at Asia’s most prestigious drama awards, its producer said Monday. The program — led by Yim Si-wan, Lee Sung-min and Kang So-ra — was named Best Drama Series at the 20th Asian Television Awards (ATA) in Singapore last [...]
Actress Go Hyun-jung will return to the TV after a three year absence, in the tvN drama ‘Dear Friends’ (working title). (Image : Yonhap) SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Actress Go Hyun-jung will return to the TV after a three year absence, in the tvN drama ‘Dear Friends’ (working title). tvN announced that Go [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – After baby laughter and cooks making delicious food filled TV shows, robots are about to make an appearance. The heroes of tvN’s new variety show, ‘Grandma’s Robot’, are actual robots worth 500 million won each. The program intends to help the elderly living alone in the countryside, and bring [...]