Big Ocean officially debuted on April 20, 2024 — Korea’s Disabled Persons Day — as a three-member sign-language idol group. They stage performances using Korean Sign Language (KSL), American Sign Language (ASL), and International Sign (ISL) as their…
Tving's 2025 annual report summarizes the changes made over the past year (Tving is a South Korean streaming service). The report presents efforts to transform the platform from an OTT you simply watch into a media platform you actively experien…
The Academy Awards broadcast rights will move to YouTube beginning in 2029. The multi‑year deal gives YouTube exclusive global live broadcast rights from the 101st ceremony in 2029 through 2033. As a result, viewers worldwide will be able to watch t…
Marking his 50th year since debut, Choi Baek-ho will meet audiences across the country on a national tour. The concert is titled "50 Years of Romance: Singing Time's Traces." The run opens at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts (…
NunuTV operated as a large illegal streaming site from 2021 through 2023. It drew millions of monthly users and roughly 1.5 billion total views, giving it wide reach. Operators used overseas servers, multiple VPNs (tools that hide internet location)…
Apple has won exclusive U.S. broadcast rights to Formula 1 for five years starting in 2026. It reportedly offered a record annual rights fee of about $140 million. This deal speeds up the race among streaming services for premium sports. However, it…
The way people watch performances and films on online platforms is changing fast. Viewers are breaking free from the limits of time and place and encountering a wider range of work. Offering streams and recorded shows tests the long-term health of t…
During the 30th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) in 2025, online scams around sold‑out screenings surfaced. Victims usually met sellers in open chatrooms and public message boards on major portals. After wiring money, many people found the s…
Achasan Forest Library is presenting a Forest Cinema screening. To mark Read Month, the library will offer an outdoor film night set in nature. The screening is scheduled for September 5, 2025, at 7:00 p.m.; families and friends are welcome to atten…
Why did field-sound broadcasting appear suddenly? This is a new experiment where the sounds of the ballpark take over the picture. In August 2025, the OTT service Tving introduced a "field-sound" broadcast for its baseball show, Tving S…
Why was Charli XCX's summer-night party so electric? On a summer night, music filled a downtown plaza. On August 15, 2025, thousands gathered as Charli XCX took the stage. The crowd called back her line, “Are you ready to party!” in one voice. T…
Why watch a musical in a movie theater? In August 2025, Korean headlines announced that Frankenstein: The Musical Live would open exclusively at a Megabox multiplex. Megabox is one of South Korea's major cinema chains, and the move pushed a reco…