Staying back in America. Prince Harry will not attend Prince Philip’s memorial service amid his feud with the British royal family.
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Variety, Yang discussed his vision for TVING – a streaming service backed by Korean media giant CJ ENM, search engine Naver and cable network JTBC – following a banner year of 60 per cent subscriber growth in 2021. The CEO also touched on the global growth of Korean content and how he plans on challenging Netflix, both at home and abroad.“It’s a game of capital,” Yang said of potential growth in the streaming space.
“Players are entering a market to play for the crown jewel, but in the next three to five years, the industry will become consolidated. Only some will win customers’ loyalty and be sustainable.”And for Yang, part of those plans to fight against larger global streaming services is by delivering authenticity through its content.
TVING already has two popular K-drama series on its ongoing slate – the Kim Go-eun-led Yumi’s Cells and ensemble comedy Work Later, Drink Now – with 13 more original series on the way in 2022, including Monstrous by Hellbound and Train To Busan writer Yeon Song-ho.The CEO also noted TVING’s new global partnership with Paramount Plus, where the companies would work together on new content in both the English and Korean languages, and gain an understanding of each other’s markets. “Our partnership with Paramount Plus gives access to a network that TVING doesn’t have.
We’ll get feedback and learn about the markets’ demands and marketing there,” he said.But Yang isn’t in a rush to battle Netflix head-on just yet, despite touching on plans to expand to the West in the future, instead he is looking on focus on more familiar markets. “We want to take [global expansion] step-by-step,” he said.
Staying back in America. Prince Harry will not attend Prince Philip’s memorial service amid his feud with the British royal family.
The late Prince Philip will be honoured later this month with a special Service of Thanksgiving, but grandson Prince Harry will not be attending.
Subscription streaming service Netflix has joined the Russia boycott.
Taskmaster has launched its own worldwide streaming service, bringing together episodes of the British comedy show alongside international versions.Taskmaster Supermax+ is available now for £5.99 a month. Subscribers will eventually get every episode of Taskmaster ever made, ad free. As of today though (March 5) only the first 3 series of the British version of the show are available, with series 4 joining the service on March 11.“As I’ve been told quite a few times that not everyone everywhere can watch Taskmaster, we wanted to create a channel where fans can watch all episodes ad-free; the complete global home for all things Taskmaster,” reads a welcome message from creator Alex Horne.”Season 9 will premiere soon so people in the US can finally see me dressed up as a mermaid.
EXCLUSIVE: Taskmaster, the quirky British game show, is taking another swing at the U.S. market with its own global streaming service.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Disney has done the frozen Nordic princess, the Chinese warrior princess and many others in between.
ITV has announced plans to launch a brand new streaming service later this year.
The next phase of ITVs digital strategy is here as the network launches a streaming service called ITVX that will air shows months before they arrive on linear, while posting impressive revenue and profit growth and record advertising spend.
Miky Lee, the enigmatic vice chair of South Korea entertainment conglomerate CJ ENM, grew up believing in the simple dictum from her grandfather that would prove to be the guiding principle of her life and work: “No culture, no country.”An heiress to the Samsung fortune, Lee has spent decades enhancing her family’s long legacy as business titans and innovators who were instrumental in building Korea’s postwar economic infrastructure. Her grandfather, who also launched a newspaper and radio and TV stations, believed that Korea would never become a strong nation without forums for nurturing and celebrating the nation’s distinctive traits, traditions and history.Lee has taken the family mission global in recent years, working tirelessly as an investor and a dealmaker to advance the interests of both her companies and her cultural homeland.
aespa dominate the ceremony, with the quartet taking home the Rookie Of The Year award, as well as Song Of The Year and Best K-Pop song for ‘Next Level’. IU, meanwhile, bagged Best Pop Album for ‘Lilac’ and was one of the Best Pop Song awardees for ‘Nakka’, her collaboration with AKMU.In addition, BTS took home the Artist of the Year award for the third time in their career.
The 2022 Korea Music Awards winners are here!
The first trailer for “Pachinko” has been released, offering a first look at the upcoming Apple TV+ adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s sprawling multigenerational saga chronicling how one family’s journey from Korea to America over the course of decades, told in three different languages: Korean, Japanese and English.
Partner Content Content produced in South Korea, also known as K-content, has been rapidly expanding its reach to resonate with global audiences. K-pop recording artists and K-productions, such as “Parasite,” “Squid Game” and “Hellbound,” have experienced immense success ranging from winning awards to breaking streaming records.
Anna Karen has been killed in a house fire in east London.