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 they formed a co-development partnership with media technology company 4DREPLAY. The two companies will create non-scripted and scripted formats incorporating 4DREPLAY technology, a four-dimensional time slice video production system that creates any-time, any-angle highlights with an unprecedented … [Read more...] about Something Special signs co-development partnership with 4DREPLAY
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Media Ranch announces European, UK, and US format options and co-development deal with Something Special
Sophie Ferron,President and Founder of award-winning format production and distribution company Media Ranch, announced multiple option deals for its virtual reality dating format, Too Shy to Date. Options were signed in the U.S., U.K., France, and The Netherlands. Media Ranch also announced a co-development deal with Korea’s Something Special, in addition to an option deal for Miracle Habits, acquired from Something Special in a format exchange partnership. Media Ranch has signed a … [Read more...] about Media Ranch announces European, UK, and US format options and co-development deal with Something Special
Something Special announces new formats for Spring and MIP
Something Special, the Seoul-based international Format agency founded by Format specialists Jin Woo Hwang and InSoon Kim, announced the launch of their new Spring – MIP catalogue featuring both unscripted and scripted formats. This is the first major catalogue the company is releasing since their launch last year and includes everything from dating, cooking and crime game shows to horror anthologies and comedic love stories. Also, KBS (Korean Broadcasting System) gave Something Special two of … [Read more...] about Something Special announces new formats for Spring and MIP
ViacomCBS Networks International ramps up presence in Asia through deal with Korean format agency, ‘Something Special’
ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI), through its global production studio VIS, is ramping up its studio's output in the Asian region through a partnership with Seoul-based format production studio Something Special, launched by South Korean veteran formats producer Jin Woo Hwang. VIS will have exclusive first-look rights to globally represent and co-develop up to ten of Something Special’s top unscripted and factual entertainment formats, which will cut across genres like music competition, … [Read more...] about ViacomCBS Networks International ramps up presence in Asia through deal with Korean format agency, ‘Something Special’
Media Ranch Expands in Asia; Partners with South Korea’s Something Special
Sophie Ferron, President and Executive Producer of Media Ranch, award-winning format production and distribution company, announced a partnership with South Korea’s Something Special, founded this year by veteran Format specialist Jin Woo Hwang. The partnership enables the two companies to exchange their most popular Formats. Media Ranch’s Watch! will be represented by Something Special in Asia while Something Special’s new Formats, Miracle Recipes, and Miracle Habits will be represented outside … [Read more...] about Media Ranch Expands in Asia; Partners with South Korea’s Something Special
‘Something Special’ localised
London – A ground-breaking and life-affirming format created by Ulrik Jørgensen, Head of Programmes at Nordisk Film TV, a Banijay Group company, Something Special, is to be made into local versions across the Nordic region ahead of its MIP-TV launch. The inspirational reality format Something Special, which sees a group of young athletes follow their dreams at the Special Olympics in Los Angeles, has been picked up by TV2 Denmark, TV2 Norway and TV4 Sweden. Each of these … [Read more...] about ‘Something Special’ localised