Running Man, an entertainment program representing sbs, will land in the Philippines following Vietnam and Indonesia.
sbs signed a contract with GMA entertainment Group, a representative terrestrial channel in the Philippines, on the 11th to co-produce Running Man.
GMA entertainment Group is a terrestrial channel in the Philippines that celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. The event was attended by a large number of key executives, including GMA Group Chairman Felipe L Gozon, President Gilberto R. Duavit, Jr., and Vice President Felipe Yalong, who expressed great interest in co-production of Running Man. On sbs, Kim Yong-jae, deputy director of the global content biz team, and Kim Soo-hwan, deputy director, attended.
“We know that Running Man is the most popular program not only in Korea but also in other countries,” said Felipe Gosson. “I hope it will be reborn as the best program in the Philippines that has received great attention.”
“The Philippine version of Running Man is an opportunity to show sbs’s ability to co-produce once again,” said Kim Yong-jae, deputy director of the department. “Running Man is becoming a global content by broadcasting in Vietnam (season 2) and the Philippines this year after Indonesia.”
sbs is expected to sign a joint production contract for Running Man in the Philippines following Vietnam and Indonesia, and Running Man will be a new catalyst for the spread of the new Korean Wave.
As news of the co-production of Running Man has been reported, it has already received a lot of attention in the Philippines. On Twitter in the Philippines, expectations for the Philippine version of Running Man are rising, with #RunningmanOnGMA coming second in real-time search terms and popular Philippine celebrities showing interest in appearing first.
