TBS and Something Special of South Korea agree to first-ever creative collaboration
Moving
forward, TBS will strengthen sales, IP co-development and also
plans to invest approximately 5 billion yen in content co-development in Korea
across various genres, including drama, variety shows, films, as well as K-POP
and other IP Tokyo
Broadcasting System Television (“TBS”) has announced that they will
co-develop a new non-scripted entertainment format with the South Korean
content creation firm Something Special. The new format is expected to be
launched at the MIP London event in February 2025. This
is the first non-scripted co-development for Something Special
with a Japanese broadcaster.
In June of 2024, TBS established TOKYO
BROADCASTING SYSTEM KOREA, INC. (TBS KOREA) in Seoul as a strategic hub
for its overseas business in the country. The broadcaster has been
intensifying efforts to sell, remake TBS dramas and co-develop IP.
Moving forward, TBS will
strengthen sales, IP co-development and also plans to invest approximately 5
billion yen in content co-development in Korea across various genres,
including drama, variety shows, films, as well as K-POP and other
IP.
President of TBS KOREA Jun Fukai commented: 'One of the purposes of
establishing this company is to manage co-development and co-production
projects with Korean creators. We are very happy to be working with
Something Special for our first non-scripted project, as they have an
abundance of expertise and experience in the global market. We hope that
this collaboration will result in a new entertainment format that can go
global'.
Executive
Vice President Head of Content at Something Special Insoon
Kim said, 'This collaboration will be partially supported
by Format Lab fund
which Something Special has been selected by KOCCA (Korean Creative Content
Agency) for many years and we are very thrilled to be partnered up with
such a prestigious broadcaster like TBS. We are very confident that this is
a great start of creating the next global hit which will be initiated by Asia'.
