Media Ranch’s President & Founder Sophie Ferron announces that Media Ranch now represents Wonwoo Park’s shingle DiTurn on two new formats: Round Table, a proven singing game-show format created by Park that was a hit in Korea on KBS 2; and, Love Maze, is co-created by Park and Something Special CEO Jin Woo Hwang, who introduced the parties. This is the first deal between Media Ranch and DiTurn, with the goal to build a collection of … [Read more...] about Media Ranch announces two new Korean format deals marks first collaboration with Masked Singer creator Wonwoo Park and fifth joint-venture with prolific Jin Woo Hwang of Something Special
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Tresor TV options Something Special hit format Battle in the Box
Something Special, the Seoul-based international Format agency founded by Format specialists Jin Woo Hwang, President & Executive Director, and InSoon Kim, EVP and Head of Content, announce that Germany’s Tresor TV has optioned the hit Korean celebrity format Battle in the Box. Tresor TV, a subsidiary of Keshet International, produced many popular global formats for the German market including I Can See Your Voice, Germany’s Next Top Model, Survivor, and The Supernanny, among others. … [Read more...] about Tresor TV options Something Special hit format Battle in the Box
‘Mystery Duets’ set for Korean adaptation by top Korean format companies
CAN’T STOP media is proud to announce that Image9Coms, one of Korea’s major production companies and the physical production company behind the Korean adaptation of “Got Talent” has been commissioned to adapt Mystery Duets for MBN TV Group, in association with Korean Format expert Jinwoo Hwang’s Something Special. The show will air in a weekly primetime slot on MBN for 10 consecutive weeks during the summer. This deal marks the second international version of the … [Read more...] about ‘Mystery Duets’ set for Korean adaptation by top Korean format companies
Something Special wins two major KOCCA funds: Format Lab Fund and International Co-Production Fund
Something Special, the Seoul-based international Format agency founded by Format specialists Jin Woo Hwang, President & Executive Director, and InSoon Kim, EVP and Head of Content, announced that the company is the recipient of two top international KOCCA funds for 2022: Format Lab Fund and International Co-Production Fund. This is the third consecutive year that Something Special has won the KOCCA Format Lab Fund. Each year, KOCCA puts forth a highly competitive initiative, with only … [Read more...] about Something Special wins two major KOCCA funds: Format Lab Fund and International Co-Production Fund
South Korea’s Something Special announces co-development partnership with The Gurin Company
Something Special, the Seoul-based international Format agency founded by Format specialists Jin Woo Hwang (President & Executive Director) and InSoon Kim (EVP & Head of Content), announced a co-development partnership with Phil Gurin’s, The Gurin Company. The deal is for both companies to co-develop the unscripted global competition format Family Singers. The project will be brought to the international market to MIPTV, taking place in Cannes, France April 4 - 6. Family Singers is a … [Read more...] about South Korea’s Something Special announces co-development partnership with The Gurin Company
Media Ranch signs multiple Asian format deals
Sophie Ferron, President and Founder of award-winning format production and distribution company Media Ranch, announces multiple format deals with Asia-based companies including South Korea’s Something Special and FormatEast (an SBS subsidiary), and Japan’s TV Asahi via US-based Small World IFT. Korea’s Something Special, which is founded and run by Jin Woo Hwang and InSoon Kim,has signed on to distribute Media Ranch’s Don’t Laugh in Asia. With this new deal, Media Ranch and Something Special … [Read more...] about Media Ranch signs multiple Asian format deals
