Korea Creative content Agency Plans Second Big Wave
Phil Lelyveld
Entertainment Technology Center
[Korea IT Times]
The word ‘Hallyu,’ or Korean Wave, is not an unfamiliar term nowadays. After the success of Korean soaps in Asia, a lot of content has made its way into the world market. Most remarkable is the K-Pop boom that has occurred recently in many parts of the world.
The Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) was founded in 2008 as a government plan to turn Korea into a cultural superpower in the world content market. The agency is a merging of 5 sub-agencies such as the Korean Game Industry Agency and the Cultural Content Agency. Every effort to promote Korean content from market research to implementing policies is undertaken by KOCCA. …
With their support from unearthing hidden, high-class scenarios to founding partnerships between content makers and distributors and their foreign counterparts, the KOCCA had a great deal of work done before the Korean wave successfully hit the shores of foreign countries.
However, they are unwilling to be satisfied yet. More ideas for scenarios are being searched for in the KOCCA Korea Story Competition and the founding of the Story Creation Center. The agency is always on the lookout for other, more exciting content to be marketed in the global market, while current chains of distributions are constantly being expanded through new contracts and partnerships. …
Plans for the future
KOCCA has always been on the lookout for great stories, and this search is not ending anytime soon. The most outstanding scenarios are being put under projects for global distribution. Also the agency is looking to create a better environment to fund and produce new content.
As well as looking to develop new platform content such as 3D and CG, KOCCA is also working to resolve many issues that have risen with developments of more contemporary content. With new developments come new issues both legally and culturally, so KOCCA has established itself as the committee to resolve such issues concerning cultural content. These are all part of the plan to eventually breathe new life into development and support for even more diverse programs and training for future content, and further down the road the whole industry.
Read the full story here: http://www.koreaittimes.com/story/16630/korea-creative-content-agency-plans-second-big-wave
