Turner, PCCW combine to offer MBC content in Hong Kong


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Rebecca Hawkes

| 11 December 2015




Turner and PCCW are bringing a raft of cross-platform Korean entertainment, drama series, variety and music programming from MBC to viewers in Hong Kong.


From 12 January 2016, subscribers to PCCW’s IPTV service now TV will be able to watch many premium shows from Korea’s leading broadcaster on Turner’s 24-hour linear channel Oh!K. In addition, MBC shows have been made available immediately through now TV’s subscription video-on-demand (VOD) service Oh!K On Demand, as well as via Viu, the over-the-top (OTT) service launched in October by PCCW.

The agreement will also see MBC programmes appear on now TV’s upcoming free-to-air channel, launching in April 2016.

“This is an outstanding multi-platform partnership. In its short history, Oh!K has grown significantly with the addition of Hong Kong to our distribution roadmap. Likewise, our content partnership with MBC has allowed new audiences – across all platforms – exposure to a truly impressive and exclusive line-up of Korean content,” said Phil Nelson, managing director and senior vice president for Turner in Southeast Asia.

MBC content included in the deal includes Glamorous Temptation and Sweet Mob Family, which air on Oh!K within 24 hours of their premieres, and popular Korean variety show Infinite Challenge, which goes out the same week as its original telecast. In January, Hong Kong viewers will also see one of the biggest Korean shows of 2015 – She Was Pretty.

Hyuk Jae Choi, director of global business, MBC, added: “This announcement is great news for fans of our content in Hong Kong. We know that they crave MBC dramas and variety shows in both Chinese and English, as soon as possible after their original Korean broadcast, and on platforms beyond just the TV screen. Through Turner, PCCW and MBC, this has become a reality.”

Oh!K, which launched in Singapore in 2014, will be included in now TV’s Asia Entertainment Package. It will be available to subscribers with English and Traditional Chinese subtitles and Korean audio.