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![[Column] Key Considerations for Success in the OTT Market: Investment, Distribution, and Survival Strategies](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2024/01/7knmjo_image_750x_64c339f4410c6.jpg)
[Column] Key Considerations for Success in the OTT Market: Investment, Distribution, and Survival Strategies
In the past, the South Korean film industry was vibrant, producing tens of millions of box office hits each year with active investment. However, the impact of COVID-19, coupled with a three-year period of disrupted production, investment, and exhibition, has hindered the film industry's recovery.
![[Book] "What is Hallyu All About(ํ๋ฅ๊ฐ ๋ญ๊ธธ๋)" by SHIM Doobo](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2024/01/nxmxvw_414956833_7041175952603183_2589896094665805808_n.jpg)
[Book] "What is Hallyu All About(ํ๋ฅ๊ฐ ๋ญ๊ธธ๋)" by SHIM Doobo
This book defines Hallyu (Korean Wave) as a 'cultural phenomenon' and explains it through four keywords: the 'complexity' of Hallyu, its 'positionality,' its 'relationshipโ, and its 'hybridity.' To illustrate these concepts, the book includes various interesting episodes.
![[Kpop] What Bundang's Warm Breeze and Sunshine Brought Forth..."Jannabi(์๋๋น)"](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2023/12/xpeiwm_maxresdefault_(6).jpg)
[Kpop] What Bundang's Warm Breeze and Sunshine Brought Forth..."Jannabi(์๋๋น)"
The musicians are shaped by their "hometown" and "era". In particular, the music listened to and enjoyed the near environments during the emotionally explosive second year of junior high school(16 years old) is almost essential in defining a young artist's identity.
![[Column] Right-Wing Government and Superficial "K"-Politics](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2023/12/nqg7le_SSC_20231129152337_O2.jpg)
[Column] Right-Wing Government and Superficial "K"-Politics
A 34-second video concluded the presentation and left a lasting impression. The video began with a satellite image showing "North Korea in darkness and South Korea in shining light," and then featured cultural icons such as Jung Myung-hoon and
![[Column] Can IP Business Solve the Problems in the Content Industry?"](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2023/12/zy6tb8_146046_141391_5247.jpg)
[Column] Can IP Business Solve the Problems in the Content Industry?"
The production cost of a movie or drama series is getting higher and higher, while the profit margin of a streaming platform is very low. That is the nature of the platform business. The platform's monthly subscription....
![[Book| ํ๋ฅ์ธ์ ] The Story Behind the Success of the Korean Wave](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2023/12/hn4i2c_00000000000001300570.jpg)
[Book| ํ๋ฅ์ธ์ ] The Story Behind the Success of the Korean Wave
A critical turning point occurred with the release of Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" in 1993, marking a pivotal moment in Korea's cultural and industrial policy. Recognizing the film's substantial box office successโequivalent to the export revenue of 1.5 million Hyundai cars
![[Now Updating] Webzine ์น์ง <K-wave> Editors and Authors](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2023/12/0yq5yz_302437391_549222843664312_4154132305992533448_n.jpg)
[Now Updating] Webzine ์น์ง <K-wave> Editors and Authors
2024๋ ๊ฐ์ง๋ (็ฒ่พฐๅนด, ์ฒญ๋ฃก์ ํด) ์ํด๊ฐ ๋ฐ์์ต๋๋ค. ์๋ก์ด ๊ธฐ์ด๊ณผ ํจ๊ป ์๋ก์ด ํ๋ก์ ํธ๋ฅผ ๊ณต๊ฐํฉ๋๋ค. ํ๋ก์ ํธ ๋ค์ ย "Kwave, ์ผ์ด์จ์ด๋ธ"๋ ย ํ๋ฅ(้ๆต, ์์ด: Korean Wave, Hallyu)์ ๋ํ ๋ด๋ก ๊ณผ ๊ณ ๋ฏผ์ ๋ณด๋ค ๋์ค์ ์ผ๋ก, ๊ธฐ์์ด๋ฉด '์์ด'๋ก ๋ด์๋ณด์๋ ์ทจ์ง์์ ๋น๋กฏ๋์์ต๋๋ค. ์์ธ๋ ํ๋ฅ์ฐ๊ตฌ์ผํฐ(ํ์๊ฒฝ ๊ต์)์ ์ด์ ์ ์ธ ์ง์์ ๋ฐํ์ผ๋ก ์ฌ๊ณ์ ๊ณ์ ํ์ง๋ค์ ์กฐ๋ ฅ์ด ๋ฐ๊ฑฐ๋ฆ์ด ๋์์ต๋๋ค. ์ด๋ฏธ
![[Interview] Secrets Behind the Popularity of K-dramas and the Challenges They Face](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2023/12/dbp705_p21403151_b_h8_ad.jpg)
[Interview] Secrets Behind the Popularity of K-dramas and the Challenges They Face
The drama I mentioned earlier, "A Business Proposal," is based on a web novel and a webtoon. The use of content intellectual property, or IP, not only leads to the success of one work,
![[Essay] The Globalization of the Korean Wave: Understanding and Misunderstanding](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2023/11/3qulue_201579632.jpg)
[Essay] The Globalization of the Korean Wave: Understanding and Misunderstanding
The unprecedented success of Hallyu naturally raises curiosity about its causes. As a result of the growing popularity of Korean pop culture, there have been a number of misconceptions about the hallyu phenomenon that are rooted in pre-existing ideological biases. In the following sections..
![[Column] The Current and Future Landscape of Online Influencers](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2023/11/17lo9c_Inline-image-2023-10-19_01.39.46.403.png)
[Column] The Current and Future Landscape of Online Influencers
From an influencer's perspective, social media serves as a platform to reveal their authentic selves. Visitors to their channels may initially discover the influencer's expertise in beauty techniques, food recipes, and humor. But for influencers, social media is more than a showcase of ...
![[Essay] Tanaka-san's Popularity and the Hallyu Universe](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2023/11/0rengm_์คํฌ๋ฆฐ์ท_2023-11-28_010250.png)
[Essay] Tanaka-san's Popularity and the Hallyu Universe
My attention was drawn to Tanaka when I saw him sing on Mnet's music program 'M Countdown' in late 2022 after he released his rock ballad 'Wasurenai (ๅฟใใชใ, Don't forget me)'. The female audience, captured by the broadcast cameras, shouted and cheered for Tanaka..
![[Essay] The Complex Relationship between the Creative Industry and Sarcasm: the โFifty Fifty" Scandal](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2023/11/luw3c8_Inline-image-2023-10-19_01.31.06.538.png)
[Essay] The Complex Relationship between the Creative Industry and Sarcasm: the โFifty Fifty" Scandal
The "Fifty-Fifty Incident" stands out as one of the most talked-about issues in the Korean entertainment industry this year. However, rather than capturing widespread public attention, it has generated more discussion among industry insiders.