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KakaoTV Original Programming
KakaoTV is a South Korea, South Korean over-the-top media service, OTT streaming television, personal internet broadcasting and video player service owned by Kakao Entertainment that launched on June 16, 2015. History On June 16, 2015, KakaoTV was officially released. Initially, it was a website similar to Naver, Naver TV in the way that it offered the streaming broadcasts from affiliated or contracted broadcasters. On November 6, 2015, Kakao launched the "KakaoTV Live Open Chat" function which links KakaoTV's live broadcasts and Kakao Talk's open chat, allowing viewers to chat while streaming a program. On February 18, 2017, Daum (web portal), Daum tvPot was integrated with KakaoTV. In 2017, KakaoTV attracted only 1.8% of streaming video viewers according to a survey of 7,426 online video streaming users. On September 1, 2020, Kakao M (now Kakao Entertainment M Company) expanded the service area of KakaoTV to Over-the-top media service, OTT as it needed a platform to distribu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakao Entertainment
Kakao Entertainment Corp. () is a South Korean entertainment, mass media, and publishing company founded in 2021. A subsidiary of the Internet company Kakao, it was established subsequent to the merger of the latter's two subsidiaries KakaoPage and Kakao M. History KakaoPage Corp. Podotree Co, Ltd. was founded on July 20, 2010, as a subsidiary of Kakao, and launched KakaoPage three years later. On August 1, 2018, the company changed its corporate name to KakaoPage Corp. Kakao M Seoul Records, Inc. was established in October 1978 by , the founder of South Korea's leading educational company (formerly Sisa English). In 2005, the company was acquired by SK Telecom and relaunched as LOEN Entertainment, Inc. three years later, before being sold to Star Invest Holdings (a subsidiary of Affinity Equity Partners). In January 2016, it was taken over by Kakao and renamed again as Kakao M Corp. in December 2017. In October 2020, the company expanded in Asia by launching a Thai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teen Drama
In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police procedural, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, Drama (film and television)#Teen drama, teen drama, and comedy drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular Setting (narrative), setting or subject matter, or they combine a drama's otherwise serious tone with elements that encourage a broader range of Mood (literature), moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of Conflict (process), conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of Film industry, cinema or television that involve Fiction, fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Shaman Ga Doo-shim
''The Great Shaman Ga Doo-shim'' () is a South Korean streaming television series, starring Kim Sae-ron and Nam Da-reum. It is KakaoTV's first original fantasy mystery series and premiered on July 30, 2021, at 20:00 Korean Standard Time (KST), also airing three hours later on another local streaming website, Watcha. Internationally, it is distributed by iQIYI (in Southeast Asia and Taiwan) and by Viki (in US, Europe, Middle East, Oceania and India). Synopsis Ga Doo-shim (Kim Sae-ron), an 18-year-old girl born with the fate of becoming a shaman, tries to live a normal life. Her grandmother told her if she manages to survive being 18, she can live a normal life thereafter. Later when her grandmother tells her mother that she found the spirit she lost to capture is actually in Songyong High school, she urges Doo-shim's mother to transfer to that school. She transfers to the new high school and meets Na Woo-soo (Nam Da-reum). Na Woo-soo, who is handsome, gets outstanding grades and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantic Drama
Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey through dating, courtship or marriage, marriage is featured. These films focus on the search for romantic love as the main plot focus. Occasionally, romance lovers face obstacles such as finances, physical illness, various forms of discrimination, psychological restraints, or family resistance. As in all quite strong, deep, and close romantic relationships, the tensions of day-to-day life, temptations (of infidelity), and differences in compatibility enter into the plots of romantic films. Romantic films often explore the essential themes of love at first sight, young and mature love, unrequited love, obsession, sentimental love, Spirituality, spiritual love, forbidden love, platonic love, sexual and passionate love, sacrificial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slice Of Life
Slice of life is a depiction of mundane experiences in art and entertainment. In theater, slice of life refers to Naturalism (theatre), naturalism, while in literary parlance it is a narrative technique in which a seemingly arbitrary sequence of events in a character's life is presented, often lacking plot development, Conflict (narrative), conflict, and Exposition (narrative), exposition, as well as often having an open ending. Film and theater In theatrical parlance, the term ''slice of life'' refers to a Naturalism (theatre), naturalistic representation of real life, sometimes used as an adjective, as in "a Play (theatre), play with 'slice of life' dialogues". The term originated between 1890 and 1895 as a calque from the List of French words and phrases used by English speakers, French phrase ''tranche de vie'', credited to the List of French playwrights, French playwright Jean Jullien (1854–1919). Jullien introduced the term not long after a staging of his play ''The S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance Film
Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey through dating, courtship or marriage, marriage is featured. These films focus on the search for romantic love as the main plot focus. Occasionally, romance lovers face obstacles such as finances, physical illness, various forms of discrimination, psychological restraints, or family resistance. As in all quite strong, deep, and close romantic relationships, the tensions of day-to-day life, temptations (of infidelity), and differences in compatibility enter into the plots of romantic films. Romantic films often explore the essential themes of love at first sight, young and mature love, unrequited love, obsession, sentimental love, Spirituality, spiritual love, forbidden love, platonic love, sexual and passionate love, sacrificial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mad For Each Other
''Mad for Each Other'' () is a 2021 South Korean television series starring Jung Woo and Oh Yeon-seo. It aired from May 24 to June 21, 2021 on KakaoTV and Netflix on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Synopsis Noh Hwi-oh (Jung Woo) works as a detective. He thinks that he has a pretty decent life. One day, an incident takes place. This causes Noh Hwi-oh's life to change. He becomes a crazy guy, unable to control his anger and he gets angry at everything. He tries to return to his former self, but, during this time, he gets involved with another crazy person, Lee Min-kyung ( Oh Yeon-seo). She has a sophisticated appearance and a fine job, but something happens to her. Her ordinary life collapses and she doesn't trust anyone anymore. She has delusions and is compulsive. Noh Hwi-oh and Lee Min-kyung become attracted to each other. Cast Main * Jung Woo as Noh Hwi-oh: a detective in the violent crimes division of the Gangnam Police Station who has problems with anger that leads him to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How To Be Thirty
''How to Be Thirty'' () is a South Korean streaming television series starring Jung In-sun, Kang Min-hyuk, Ahn Hee-yeon, Song Jae-rim, Cha Min-ji, Baek Sung-chul, and Kim Ji-sung. Based on the webtoon ''Something About 30'' by Hye-won, it premiered on KakaoTV on February 23, 2021, with a new episode being released every Tuesday and Saturday at 17:00 ( KST). The series has surpassed 13 million cumulative views as of just two weeks of airing. Synopsis ''How to Be Thirty'' tells the story of a group of friends in their early thirties. Cast Main * Jung In-sun as Seo Ji-won ** Kwon Jung-eun as young Seo Ji-won :A 30-year-old webtoon artist who achieved success. Ran-joo and Ah-young are her best friends. * Kang Min-hyuk as Lee Seung-yoo ** Kwon Yong-wook as young Lee Seung-yoo :A manager who is put in charge of editing Ji-won's webtoon. Seo Ji-won's first love * Ahn Hee-yeon as Lee Ran-joo :A 30-year-old news presenter. Ji-won and Ah-young are her best friends. * Song Jae-rim as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantic Comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Romantic comedy evolved from Ancient Greek comedy, Middle Ages, medieval romance, and 18th-century Restoration comedy, later developing into sub-genres like Screwball comedy, screwball comedies, career woman comedies, and 1950s Sex comedy, sex comedies in Hollywood. Over time, the genre has expanded beyond traditional structures, incorporating unconventional themes, challenging gender roles, and addressing adult topics while maintaining its core focus on romance and humor. A common convention in romantic comedies is the "Meet cute, meet-cute", a humorous or unexpected encounter that creates initial tension and sets up the romantic storyline. History Comedies, rooted in the fertility rites and satyr plays of Ancient Greek comedy, ancient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coming-of-age Story
In genre studies, a coming-of-age story is a genre of literature, theatre, film, and video game that focuses on the growth of a protagonist from childhood to adulthood, or "coming of age". Coming-of-age stories tend to emphasize dialogue or internal monologue over action and are often set in the past. The subjects of coming-of-age stories are typically teenagers. The ''Bildungsroman'' is a specific subgenre of coming-of-age story. The plot points of coming-of-age stories are usually emotional changes within the character(s) in question. Literature ''Bildungsroman'' In literary criticism, coming-of-age novels and ''Bildungsroman'' are sometimes interchangeable, but the former is usually a wider genre. The ''Bildungsroman'' (from the German words ''Bildung'', "education", alternatively "forming" and ''Roman'', "novel") is further characterized by a number of formal, topical, and thematic features. It focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from childho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Love So Beautiful (2020 TV Series)
''A Love So Beautiful'' () is a South Korean streaming television series based on the 2017 Chinese series of the same name, which is based on novel ''To Our Pure Little Beauty'' by Zhao Qianqian, which aired on Tencent Video. The series stars Kim Yo-han, So Joo-yeon, Yeo Hoe-hyun, Jo Hye-joo and Jeong Jin-hwan, is directed by Seo Min-jeong and written by Choi Yu-jeong and Jang Yu-yeon. The plot of this coming-of-age drama revolves around the life of three high school students and their friends from youth to adulthood. It premiered on KakaoTV on December 28, 2020, and aired new episodes every Monday, Thursday, and Saturday at 17:00 ( KST). It is available worldwide for streaming on Netflix. The web series aired its last episode on February 20, 2021, garnering 37.3 million cumulative views over its run of 24 episodes. Synopsis The series is a story of five high school friends and their journey through high school to adulthood. Seventeen-year-old Shin Sol-i (So Joo-yeon) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantic Comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Romantic comedy evolved from Ancient Greek comedy, Middle Ages, medieval romance, and 18th-century Restoration comedy, later developing into sub-genres like Screwball comedy, screwball comedies, career woman comedies, and 1950s Sex comedy, sex comedies in Hollywood. Over time, the genre has expanded beyond traditional structures, incorporating unconventional themes, challenging gender roles, and addressing adult topics while maintaining its core focus on romance and humor. A common convention in romantic comedies is the "Meet cute, meet-cute", a humorous or unexpected encounter that creates initial tension and sets up the romantic storyline. History Comedies, rooted in the fertility rites and satyr plays of Ancient Greek comedy, ancient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
