[Drama 2020] The King: Eternal Monarch, 더 킹: 영원의 군주

[gtLmh0622]

Global Hallyu Issue Magazine 2020-07+08 :

 

 

 

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Google translation according to Chinese translation by 李敏镐铁杆后援会 :

 

Netflix, the world's largest OTT service company, distinguishes between movies and TV shows, and discloses Trapic TOP 10 in each region. Among them, the most authoritative ranking list, "WorldRanking", is released after integrating more than 190 service nationalities. The Korean drama "The King: Eternal Monarch" ranks 9th in the ranking. This TV drama swept the populous Southeast Asia. Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Nigeria, etc. maintained the first place, while Japan, India, Chile, Bolivia, and the Dominican Republic also ranked high.

Through the release of Netflix ranking, the recognition of Korean cultural products in Southeast Asia is being certified. Therefore, the supply and demand competition of Korean cultural products will increase the transaction copyright price with the intensity of future bidding. In the TOP10, most of the content is American and British TV series, and they received very huge production fees. Cost-effectiveness, production capacity, and brand status in Southeast Asia have the highest satisfaction with the global platform of Korean cultural products.

In the future, the price of copyright is expected to rise, and the proportion of copyright to production costs will also rise.

 

[gwin]

Will they release DVDs of this show?  With commentary?  

[syntyche]

 

IMDB Named Top 10 Best Korean Dramas for 2019 to 2020

 

Among the kdramas that aired in 2019 and 2020, these got the highest score from overseas viewers and attracted IMDB users.

 

3. The King: Eternal Monarch (2020)
IMDB Rating: 8.5 points

Director: Baek Sang-hoon, Jung Ji-hyun, 
Writer: Kim Eun-Sook 
Actors: Lee Min Ho, Kim Go Eun, Woo Do-hwan, Kim Kyung-nam, Jung Eun-chae, Lee Jung-jin

 

It performed well among Asian countries. It ranked in the top 10 Netflix World Chart, it ranked fifth in East Asian countries such as Hong Kong, ranked first in Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, and ranked tenth in South America.

 

https://m.blog.naver.com/jsbmedia/222036490013

 

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@gwin, no news yet if there will be a dvd release

 

[syntyche]

 

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

Kim Kyung Nam reveals his relationship with Lee Min Ho and Kim Go Eun in "The King: Eternal Monarch"

 

The actor recounted details about his experience in the SBS and Netflix drama.

 

After the successful closing of the drama, "The King: Eternal Monarch," actor Kim Kyung Nam offered an exclusive interview for Star 1 magazine, where he not only talked about his career, but was encouraged to talk about his experience in the production of SBS and Netflix drama.

 

In his testimony about the filming of the SBS drama, the actor said he was happy to have been able to work with his colleagues.

 

"It was a long time of recording, at least eight months and I was very excited to work with good artists (from Kim Eun Sook, the writer, to Lee Min Ho, Kim Go Eun and Woo Do Hwan )."

 

He was also very happy to have been cast as family with actress Hwang Young Hee in the drama, because he learned a lot from her.

 

After the success of "The King: Eternal Monarch," actor Kim Kyung Nam is already evaluating drama and movie scripts.

"I want to be immersed in acting and change myself in the future."

 

https://larepublica.pe/cultura-asiatica/2020/07/17/kim-kyung-nam-relacion-con-lee-min-ho-y-kim-go-eun-en-the-king-eternal-monarch-actores-doramas-fotos-y-videos/

[Elnin Joery]

 

 

[syntyche]

4 Pairs of Best Friends from Drama to Real Life of the Korean Entertainment Industry

 

Here are 4 pairs of close friends who received admiration for their closeness and bond.

 

Lee Min Ho and Woo Do Hwan

 

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They are the most beloved king-bodyguard pair in the drama, "The King: Eternal Monarch." 

 

They showed they are brothers when Lee Min Ho recently visited his "younger brother" Woo Do Hwan as he officially enlisted.

 

https://2sao.vn/4-cap-ban-than-nuc-tieng-trong-gioi-giai-tri-han-quoc-n-229201.html

[syntyche]

10 K-drama OST picks from The King: Eternal Monarch, and more

 

Gummy - 'My Love' from The King: Eternal Monarch

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/10-k-drama-ost-songs-soundtrack-picks-from-crash-landing-on-you-hotel-del-luna-the-king-eternal-monarch-netflix-playlist

 

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Top 10 K-dramas of 2020 for Filipino fans so far

 

Year of 2020 is seriously a difficult year for various individuals but Filipino Korean drama fans find a good escape from all these. The K-dramas produced by South Korea act as entertaining and happy pill to many.

 

There are various completed dramas that inspired the fans. As there are also ongoing dramas that teach life and love lessons to them. One can pick anything from these but whatever drama that will be chosen, there is no doubt that it will give the viewer a good time while learning a lot of knowledge.

 

In fact, many fans say that 2020 has a good match to 2016 when it comes to best K-dramas. Remember, 2016 serves as one of the best years when all series in different genre are really enjoyable and informative. Still, other years that passed also gave fans good K-dramas; it is just that, 2016 and 2020 set the bar so high.

 

With that, Annyeong Oppa team together with Annyeong Oppa Group members join forced to came up with top 10 K-dramas of 2020 so far. It may be still too early to create this but there are already great pieces to watch that other people should not miss!

 

Below is the list of top 10 K-dramas this 2020 based on the recently conducted survey where over 8,000 Filipino fans participated in. Wherein, the survey only run for 14 hours.

 

 

3. The King: Eternal Monarch

 

 

• It aired on SBS and available on Netflix;
• Written by Kim Eun Suk;
• April 17 to June 12;
• Starring Lee Min Ho and Kim Go Eun; and
• It is a fantasy romance between two people living in two parallel worlds.

 

 

source : https://annyeongoppa.com/2020/07/17/top-10-k-dramas-of-2020-for-filipino-fans-so-far/

 

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[syntyche]

SBS secured the largest number of viewers in the drama market in the first half of this year. In the top 15 dramas based on the average number of viewers per episode, 7 are from SBS, including "The King-Eternal Monarch" at No. 8, with 1.6 million viewers

 

 

The terrestrial ratings are tallied in 13 major regions across the country by adding paid broadcasting subscription households and direct receiving households, but the cable and cable channels are targeted at paid broadcasting subscription households across the country. On the other hand, the number of viewers is more intuitive than the viewer rating by calculating the actual number of viewers who chose the program at the time.

 

However, the limit of the survey was limited to 13 major regions. "Based on all platforms in the country, the results can vary," Nielsen Korea said. "The results are not absolute."

 

http://news.kmib.co.kr/article/view.asp?arcid=0014832926&code=61181811&cp=nv

[backstreetboysfan]

I miss this drama :(, loved this one.

[msdot]

Article that explains how streaming content is affecting viewership in Korea and worldwide, mentioning The King as an example.

http://m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.asp?newsIdx=293337

[syntyche]

'Viewership is not everything': K-dramas find norm-breaking recipe for success

 

 

Viewership used to be the pivotal factor in evaluating a Korean drama, and productions with high ratings were exported to reach a global audience.

But the game has changed ― Korean TV series with fewer viewers can still make an international splash thanks to streaming platforms such as Netflix. Even industry insiders say that "a low viewership has not pushed the K-drama industry over the edge."

A plethora of K-dramas ― including actor Lee Min-ho's romantic fantasy "The King: Eternal Monarch" (2020) ― have conquered the most-watched TV show charts in various countries on Netflix, and others have gained popularity after being exported.

According to the Korea Creative Content Agency's (KOCCA) latest data, drama exports earned $214 million in 2018, a 19.2 percent jump from 2017.

 

 

In contrast, here at home, K-dramas are reeling from dramatic declines in viewership. Popular TV series' ratings hovered around 30 percent until a few years ago, but today, even the most-popular dramas barely exceed 15 percent and less sought-after productions such as KBS's 2020 rom-com "Welcome" hit less than 1 percent.

Additionally, star-studded casts have failed to save them.

"The King: Eternal Monarch" ended up garnering average ratings of 6 percent to 8 percent in Korea. In fact, these days, only one or two dramas surpass the 20 percent to 30 percent mark a year, according to a drama production company official who spoke to The Korea Times on condition of anonymity. This can largely be attributed to the rise of streaming platforms, he said.

"Thanks to Netflix and other services, I can choose to watch TV shows of assorted genres made in the U.S, Europe or many other countries at any time I want to," a Korean woman in her 20s told The Korea Times. "I don't watch Korean TV series frequently because of their cookie-cutter stories and excessive product placement," (PPL).

A rise in the number of people sharing comparable perspectives with her has triggered a fall in the ratings. But this has not excessively damaged the K-drama industry, according to the official.

"Viewership is no longer the absolute criterion for a drama," he said. "Even local broadcasters have lowered the target viewership ― they used to provide incentives to production companies if a drama recorded about a 20 percent rating, but now have lowered the bar as they know how much the industry has changed.

"Hence, instead of striving to boost the viewership in Korea, the production companies are seeking to diversify the platforms for their works to reach global viewers."

This has become a new recipe for success for K-dramas.

Nowadays, many productions ― especially the smaller ones ― are turning to Netflix. The streaming giant is known to cover a large portion ― sometimes even 100 percent ― of the total production cost that can be as high as tens of billions of won. Through the service, the production companies can also showcase their TV series to viewers in more than 190 countries.

Korean broadcasters, on the other hand, are not financially healthy enough to pay all the costs due to several factors, including the COVID-19 pandemic, so they usually cover only 60 percent to 70 percent. To make up for the remainder, production companies can resort to advertisements, or PPL, but the faltering economy here has been hampering their search for partners.

"Korean viewers tend to value realism quite a lot, while the global audience doesn't," he told The Korea Times. "Thus, many Koreans might have felt that fantasy dramas like The King lacked realism to an excessive extent, but international viewers seemingly did not mind that."

Drama critic Yun Suk-jin, a professor of Korean Language and Literature at Chungbuk National University in North Chungcheong Province, talked about the future.

"Celebrities like Lee Min-ho can draw global viewers and help his dramas gain worldwide popularity," Yoon said. "But as time goes by, viewers abroad will also prioritize a drama's quality over the actors."

K-drama makers agree with him. Production companies are striving to upgrade the quality of their work to eventually win over audiences at home and abroad.

"Most drama productions still value the local market and want to attract more viewers in their home country," the official said. "We also believe that high quality can bring us more recognition in and out of Korea."

 

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2020/07/688_293337.html

[syntyche]

Lee Min-ho, who played the role of Lee Gon in "The King: Eternal Monarch," used a Benz Sprinter limousine during filming. Even Paris Hilton used a sprinter limousine during her visit in Korea.

 

 

 

https://m.blog.naver.com/leaders-limousine/222042635085

 

[syntyche]

Top 15 Most Watched K-Dramas In Korea In First Half Of 2020

 

It is time to have a look at the 15 K-Dramas that had the most viewers in Korea in the first half of 2020.

On July 23, the rating agency Nielsen Korea released its data collected from January 1 to June 30 in 13 major Korean regions on K-Drama mini-series (10 to 50 episodes).

 

8- "The King: Eternal Monarch"

 

 

In the right part of the table, it is the average number of people who watched per episode (in Korea).

 

https://www.kpopmap.com/top-15-most-watched-kdramas-in-korea-in-first-half-of-2020/

 

[syntyche]

Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) has selected and announced six healing forests to soothe tired bodies and minds. Many travelers visit "Ahopsan Forest" in Busan, where the drama, "The King: Eternal Monarch," was filmed.

 

 

https://www.news1.kr/articles/?4008206

 

 

 

 

[syntyche]

Netflixph IG update

 

[rocher22]

 

 

 

[syntyche]

 

Here comes an era when the number of 'view rates' is just a number

 

The era has come when ratings are just numbers. The unwritten rule that ratings must lead to advertising execution is also being broken, and the cost of advertising in the domestic market does not exert much power to cover astronomical production costs.

 

As a result, what has become more important than ratings in the drama industry is "targeting" that can draw as much attention as possible to the enthusiasts.

 

"The King-Eternal Monarch," whose production cost per episode is 2 billion won, started lightly with a break-even point when it signed a contract with Netflix, although its ratings (maximum 11.6 percent, Nielsen Korea) were not good, along with harsh criticism from viewers. This domestic performance of the romance drama "The King" with actor Lee Min-ho at the forefront was finally cleared of the stigma due to its overseas popularity on Netflix.

 

Some say that it is time for structural changes to the classic ratings survey at a time when the media environment is rapidly changing.

Regarding the ratings that are losing influence, drama critic Eun Gu-seul said, "Nielsen Korea or TNMS's ratings method is to analyze the data of sample groups with ratings survey devices, and OTT's ratings are excluded. "If these ratings do not reflect the changing times, the standards of judgment of advertisers who used to use ratings as a barometer of advertising will also change," he explained.

 

He also added, "With the spread of the un-contact culture, the era has already come when we trust OTT such as Netflix and TVING, and the drama's popularity created by those who watch dramas on YouTube and Naver clips."

http://ports.khan.co.kr/entertainment/sk_index.html?art_id=202007291235003&sec_id=540201&pt=nv#csidx1e297fc9053a7eea98dc9a524f3b586

 

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Finally! The K-ent industry is realizing what we have been saying all along - ratings are becoming outdated in this digital age! "The King" has been slaying worldwide. It should get the credit it deserves. 

    

 

[Min2206]

10 minutes ago, syntyche said:

Finally! The K-ent industry is realizing what we have been saying all along - ratings are becoming outdated in this digital age! "The King" has been slaying worldwide. It should get the credit it deserves. 

    

  THE KING paves the way!   

[syntyche]

 

Currently, the most popular drama worldwide is 'The King: The Lord of Eternity,' starring Lee Min-ho. If you look at the global OTT Netflix ranking by country, "The King" has been ranked first in Nigeria. It ranked among the top 10 in Romania, Turkey and India.

 

https://www.fnnews.com/news/202007291558099340