sbs Running Man' will co-produce Indonesia after Vietnam (official)

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SBS will co-produce the Indonesian version of Running Man.SBS held a joint production deal memo ceremony with Indonesian operator FCL on the 29th of last month at SBS building in Mok-dong, Seoul.FCL is an investment company of Sinarmas Group, the fourth largest Indonesian business, and is pursuing content production/distribution business including OTT business.Season 1 of the Indonesian Running Man is scheduled to be produced in mid-2020 with the goal of airing terrestrial/OTT in Indonesia.With the success of Season 1 of the Vietnam Running Man boosting the power of Running Man content throughout Southeast Asia, this joint production of Running Man Indonesia is expected to be a stepping stone to the spread of joint production of Running Man Southeast Asia.In particular, Indonesia is the central country of Southeast Asia with the largest population of Southeast Asia (about 270 million people), so it is expected to play a big role in driving the Korean Wave in Southeast Asia.SBS will make a full-fledged entry into Indonesia, the largest market in Southeast Asia, following China and Vietnam, said Kim Yong-jae, head of SBSs global content biz team.We will make every effort to make a big contribution to the spread of the Korean Wave by making it as we have made our way through research and research over three years.The Running Man Indonesia expects to resonate with the market through a new attempt to combine broadcasting and OTT in Indonesia, where OTT is growing rapidly, said Jimmy Kim, CEO of Genflix, an OTT brand of FCL.Meanwhile, SBS plans to pursue a content commerce business through cooperation with Tokopidia, the No. 1 company in Indonesian e-commerce, in connection with the joint production of Running Man in Indonesia.In addition to Running Man, Indonesias terrestrial MNC TV and Fantastic Duo are in talks with Indonesias second-largest terrestrial SCTV to air in the first half of 2020, and will co-produce Good Friends (drama and drama) and produce and air it in the first half of next year.SBS

sbs will co-produce the Indonesian version of Running Man.

sbs held a joint production deal memo ceremony with Indonesian operator FCL on the 29th of last month at sbs building in Mok-dong, Seoul. FCL is an investment company of Sinarmas Group, the fourth largest Indonesian business, and is pursuing content production/distribution business including OTT business. Season 1 of the Indonesian Running Man is scheduled to be produced in mid-2020 with the goal of airing terrestrial/OTT in Indonesia.

With the success of Season 1 of the Vietnam Running Man boosting the power of Running Man content throughout Southeast Asia, this joint production of Running Man Indonesia is expected to be a stepping stone to the spread of joint production of Running Man Southeast Asia. In particular, Indonesia is the central country of Southeast Asia with the largest population of Southeast Asia (about 270 million people), so it is expected to play a big role in driving the Korean Wave in Southeast Asia.

“sbs will make a full-fledged entry into Indonesia, the largest market in Southeast Asia, following China and Vietnam,” said Kim Yong-jae, head of sbs’s global content biz team. “We will make every effort to make a big contribution to the spread of the Korean Wave by making it as we have made our way through research and research over three years.” “The ‘Running Man’ Indonesia expects to resonate with the market through a new attempt to combine broadcasting and OTT in Indonesia, where OTT is growing rapidly,” said Jimmy Kim, CEO of Genflix, an OTT brand of FCL.

Meanwhile, sbs plans to pursue a content commerce business through cooperation with Tokopidia, the No. 1 company in Indonesian e-commerce, in connection with the joint production of Running Man in Indonesia.

In addition to Running Man, Indonesia's terrestrial MNC TV and Fantastic Duo are in talks with Indonesia's second-largest terrestrial SCTV to air in the first half of 2020, and will co-produce Good Friends (drama and drama) and produce and air it in the first half of next year.

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