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Love at First Song Hits the Right Notes
“One of our colleagues was talking about her not-so-eventful date over the weekend and how though the guy seemed great, she couldn’t get over the fact that he had bad taste in music,” says Jihee Kim, head of global content development at CJ ENM. "This got us questioning whether people could fall in love through music. Starting from this initial spark, we explored how it could translate within a music-based program.” While developing the show, the team pinpointed that the concept could work really well in Vietnam, where the genres of dating and music are “widely popular, but at the same The original show launched in Vietnam on VTV3 in January 2018. It was number one in the ratings in Hanoi for 11 consecutive weeks and held onto the position for 13 out of 14 episodes, according to Kim. It boosted channel ratings by 30 percent, and the most-viewed clip on YouTube reached 55.6 million views. After Vietnam, Malaysia came on board, successfully adapting the show. It has also been commissioned in Korea, where it is currently in pre-production to air in August. The format has been optioned in a number of territories, including Denmark and, most recently, Australia. “We are still getting many offers from across the globe,” says Kim. There’s also an option on the format in the U.S. market, with the multihyphenate musician John Legend and American Idol producer Simon Lythgoe working together to develop the series. “As the U.S. is the biggest market in television, having a deal [there] is important,” says Kim. “In March this year, when we released news about the option deal in the U.S. with John Legend, we had inquiries from many new territories. We can't say for sure since LAFS in the U.S. is still an option deal, but if you look at the case of one of our earlier hits, Grandpas Over Flowers (Better Late Than Never), format sales picked up positive momentum after broadcasting two seasons on NBC.” Grandpas Over Flowers has now been commissioned in more than ten territories. This article continues here.
Distributor Spotlight: Inter Medya
The company managed to earn its clients’ trust and loyalty through a satisfactory and sustained service record and a library that always manages to stay current. Consistently and reliably spreading the Turkish TV, film and format industry to the foreign market, the company is adamant about developing and increasing this contribution in the coming years.” —Can Okan, CEO & Founder This Week's Top 5 Kristin Brzoznowski checks in on the latest trends in the format business across Europe. Russian Drama Set for Korean Remake Eccho Rights has unveiled a deal for the Russian crime thriller Silver Spoon to be remade in South Korea. The Mediapro Studio, Chilevisión Announce Co-Pro The Mediapro Studio and Turner Latin America’s Chilevisión are collaborating on a new culinary talent format, El Discípulo del Chef. Red Arrow Studios Extends Chris Coelen Contract Chris Coelen will remain as CEO of Kinetic Content and is set to begin working with Red Arrow Studios on a new venture to develop and produce scripted content for the U.S. and international markets. Wild Kids Lands New Swedish Home Banijay Group’s Jarowskij has landed a new commission for Wild Kids, with the kids’ physical competition headed to TV4 and C More in 2020. |
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time, the market was so saturated with similar programs that viewers were looking for something fresh—a unique twist on the genres,” Kim says. “We pitched the idea of Love at First Song, and it was successfully commissioned in Vietnam. After localizing the program to better fit the needs of the Vietnamese market, it aired successfully, and that was how Love at First Song came to be.”
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“Founded in 1992, Inter Medya has established itself as one of the most successful content distributors in Turkey. Specializing in the sales of Turkish TV series and feature films, the company has also recently started to develop and produce entertainment and reality formats, taking important steps to becoming a significant content distributor in the field.
