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BBC Studios Enters Korean Content Game With Viu & KOCCA Partnership
BBC Studios has struck a Korea deal with Viu and KOCCA in Seoul for TV shows and distribution.
The MOU was established to address “limitations and challenges” in the current broadcasting space such as rising costs and a decrease in factual shows, according to the announcement, coming after a gloomy Edinburgh TV Festival that spotlighted these issues. The move comes as the BBC prepares to launch Made in Korea, a high-end new reality series from Asylum Entertainment-backed Moon&Back Media in which wannabe K-Pop stars compete to form a band, which is sold by ITV Studios. Ryan Shiotani, SVP Content, BBC Studios Asia, added: “South Korea is a dynamic creative industry and we know there are lots of brilliant Korean stories waiting to be told to a wider audience.
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