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    Asia series extends reach to Europe - An exclusive interview with Series Mania's Carlo Fasino
    Rebecca Souw
    • Sep 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    Asia series extends reach to Europe - An exclusive interview with Series Mania's Carlo Fasino

    Series Mania is an annual TV Festival held in Lille, an hour away north of Paris. In a bid to showcase quality TV series from Asia, the...
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    Artist Spotlight: The 5 Times Jeon Ji Hyun Wows With Her Captivating Aura
    Rebecca Souw
    • Aug 3, 2021
    • 3 min

    Artist Spotlight: The 5 Times Jeon Ji Hyun Wows With Her Captivating Aura

    Jeon Ji Hyun's cameo at the end of "Kingdom" Season 2 sparked numerous conversations and his involvement in the Netflix Original....
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    HYBE's Journey Thus Far
    Rebecca Souw
    • Jul 7, 2021
    • 3 min

    HYBE's Journey Thus Far

    It's now known that HYBE CEO Bang Si Hyuk will be stepping down from his position but remain on the board of directors for the...
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    SM Congress 2021: What's in store for the K-pop Pioneer
    Rebecca Souw
    • Jul 1, 2021
    • 3 min

    SM Congress 2021: What's in store for the K-pop Pioneer

    I received a sudden invitation from someone at SM Entertainment to join this event late last week and was curious to know what's in...
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    OTT Video Streaming Wars in Korea and rest of Asia
    Rebecca Souw
    • Jun 16, 2021
    • 4 min

    OTT Video Streaming Wars in Korea and rest of Asia

    We're halfway through 2021 and it's the best time to take a quick look back at key developments of online video platforms as streaming...
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    Artist Spotlight: Song Joong Ki
    Rebecca Souw
    • Feb 23, 2021
    • 3 min

    Artist Spotlight: Song Joong Ki

    Song Joong Ki is back and on fire! Since his last film, "The Battleship Island" in 2017 and TV series, "Arthdal Chronicles" in 2019, he...
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    Summing up 2020's Asia TV Forum (ATF) Online+
    Rebecca Souw
    • Dec 16, 2020
    • 4 min

    Summing up 2020's Asia TV Forum (ATF) Online+

    A huge advantage with online conferences is the ability to catch up on-demand after a long list of scheduled meetings and here's...
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    Watcha - The OTT Platform from Korea in a Nutshell
    Rebecca Souw
    • Nov 17, 2020
    • 3 min

    Watcha - The OTT Platform from Korea in a Nutshell

    Besides Netflix, there’s no short of Over The Top (OTT) platforms these days in Korea. The thought of going international in the midst of...
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    Artist Spotlight: Kim Seon Ho & Nam Joo Hyuk
    Rebecca Souw
    • Nov 3, 2020
    • 2 min

    Artist Spotlight: Kim Seon Ho & Nam Joo Hyuk

    Shining the spotlight on two artists instead of one this time. If you’re up to date with K-dramas, you’d know Korea's tvN’s “Start-Up”...
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    SM Entertainment Sets Its Culture Universe in Motion
    Rebecca Souw
    • Oct 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    SM Entertainment Sets Its Culture Universe in Motion

    SM Entertainment successfully pioneered the bridging of culture and technology. Now, even in a pandemic-struck era, they’re not showing...
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    Artist Spotlight: Lisa from Blackpink
    Rebecca Souw
    • Oct 22, 2020
    • 3 min

    Artist Spotlight: Lisa from Blackpink

    The multi-talented K-pop girl quartet, Blackpink has certainly made waves with their latest Netflix original documentary, “Light Up The...
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    The 2020 OTT Landscape and Challenges for Korean Players
    Rebecca Souw
    • Oct 15, 2020
    • 4 min

    The 2020 OTT Landscape and Challenges for Korean Players

    Below’s account is an analysis of the global OTT landscape, an introduction of Korean OTT players, the challenges they face, and an...
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    Scripted Formats & The Cultural Exchange
    Rebecca Souw
    • Oct 9, 2020
    • 4 min

    Scripted Formats & The Cultural Exchange

    It is known humor and localities are hard to translate, hence variety and reality TV (non-scripted) programs are most commonly adapted....
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    The Writers' Dilemma
    Rebecca Souw
    • Oct 5, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Writers' Dilemma

    In Korea, it has been said during the entire show production, writers hold the most power compared to anyone else in the crew. However,...
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    K-pop and New Technologies
    Rebecca Souw
    • Oct 1, 2020
    • 2 min

    K-pop and New Technologies

    The terms live streaming, VR and AR have now become a new norm of today’s COVID-struck era. Given a significant number of concerts and...
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    Going Global beyond K-pop with Mu:Con 2020
    Rebecca Souw
    • Sep 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    Going Global beyond K-pop with Mu:Con 2020

    This past weekend concluded Mu:Con 2020, another event, organized by Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and hosted by the...
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    The Sweet Spot of Content, Social and Commerce
    Rebecca Souw
    • Sep 23, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Sweet Spot of Content, Social and Commerce

    Marketing in this new era is certainly no mean feat. How does one differentiate with so much information out there? What's between...
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    Crossing over from Film to TV
    Rebecca Souw
    • Mar 17, 2020
    • 2 min

    Crossing over from Film to TV

    Amidst the travel bans and boundaries drawn due to COVID-19 fears, one trend is clear in the world of production. We’re evidently seeing...
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    Bringing Asia to Series Mania with the Supernatural & Thrillers
    Rebecca Souw
    • Feb 19, 2020
    • 2 min

    Bringing Asia to Series Mania with the Supernatural & Thrillers

    Series Mania held their press conference in Lille and Paris on Feb 19 to unveil the list of nominees for their various competition...
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    Cheers to What's Next
    Rebecca Souw
    • Dec 31, 2019
    • 2 min

    Cheers to What's Next

    Reflecting on 2019 with an interesting project I’ve yet to mention. Friends at Dive Studios approached one fine day for some help on with...
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