Singapore – K-PLUS went live on Indonesia’s pay-TV platform K-Vision at 6pm Jakarta time.
K-PLUS is a brand new Korean drama-driven network bringing together many exclusive first-run shows direct from major Korea TV networks to the Asia audience.
K-PLUS is the ultimate Korean entertainment channel featuring exclusive and first-run titles in drama series, variety shows, movies and lifestyle programmes in K-pop, beauty & fashion. K-PLUS will be fully subtitled in Bahasa Indonesia, and will target mass audience aged 15-54 and is skewed towards the female audience.
“We are thrilled to work with K-Vision to bring K-PLUS to Indonesia audience.” said Jeon Seungtaek, Managing Director, Plus Media Networks Asia. “With programming pillars built around popular drama series, and a good mix of other genres, the new channel’s premiere will bring K-Vision viewers a season of quality Korean entertainment.”
Bimo Setiawan, Group of TV Director Kompas Gramedia said, “To complete the variety of offerings of K-Vision’s prime channels, KVision is happy to collaborate with Plus Media Networks to bring KPLUS to Indonesian viewers exclusively on the platform. K-PLUS is a channel that not only airs drama series but also variety shows, which are both a trend amongst Indonesian people.”
The launch schedule includes:
K-Drama: Let a new love heal old wounds in It’s Alright. This is Love starring Korean heartthrobs Jo In Sung and Gong Hyo Jin, actor Lee Kwang Soo and singer D.O from EXO. Age is only a number. Overcoming destiny with romance, workaholic 39-year old reporter Ban Jin-Yeon (starred Uhm Jung-Hwa) and 25-year old young man Yoon Dong-Ha (starred Park Seo-Joon) fall in love madly in A Witch’s Love.
Other popular drama series include In Need of Romance 3, Secret Affair, Full House Take 2, Cheongdamdong Alice, Heartless City and many more.
K-Variety: Let impersonators amaze you with their talents.
Catch Hidden Singer 3 during the same time as it telecasts in Korea.
K-Life: We take the lead in style. Catch Get it Style 2014 and Fashion Killa and other fashion and lifestyle programmes.
K-Movie: Romance blooms between ex-boxer and atelemarketer who is slowly going blind in Always. Catch many more movies from The Client, Hwayi to Champ, lining up on KPLUS.
K-Pop: Reveal the hottest moments of famous boy band, EXO in The Hot Moment XOXO, EXO. Followed by The Show All About K-Pop as it airs in Korea.
The launch of K-PLUS marks Plus Media Networks Asia’s second channel in Asia. Plus Media Networks Asia is a Korean subsidiary company based in Singapore, it also operates ANIPLUS HD, which is a Japanese anime network targeted at teens and young adults currently available in Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam reached out to 20 million households in Asia.
