Disney+ Reportedly to Stop Producing K-dramas After Two Years of Investment Not Yielding Meaningful Returns

I feel like this is a chicken or the egg situation, but the decision is probably a good one. Streaming platform Disney+ has been producing its own K-dramas for two years and also licensing other terrestrial channel K-dramas for streaming in hopes of capitalizing on the expansion. Unfortunately it’s not yielded meaningful returns, i.e. increased subscribers and also retaining subscribers, so the company is reportedly going to stop financing K-dramas going forward. It may still license ones for streaming but the ones it’s produced such as Connect, Casino (Big Bet), and Grid and not garnered the widespread buzz that would help bring new viewers to the platform. Up next for Disney+ is the sci-fi K-drama Moving about a bunch of high school kids with supernatural abilities and the parents that try to protect them.

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Seo Kang Joon to Enlist for Military Service on November 23, 2021 After Completing Filming for Secret Forest Screenwriter’s Disney+ K-drama Grid

There are so many streaming platforms getting into K-dramas that I’m surprised its taken Disney+ this long. The media giant has invested in a sci-fi drama called Grid (initially called Zero) from the screenwriter of Secret Forest (Stranger) 1 and … Continue reading