Saturday, May 28, 2011

Drama 'City Hunter' has sold broadcast rights to several countries

Drama 'City Hunter' has sold broadcast rights to several countries
Even though the first ep has not aired, but the SBS drama "City Hunter" has sold the broadcasting rights for some countries. According to SBS, "City Hunter" sell broadcasting rights to a number of countries including the United States, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Vietnam.

"Even before the first episode, many broadcasters would like to buy the rights in advance. This current trend in overseas market to sort out the show quality is good and getting the rights of a fast forward in time "said an official from SBS.

"Foreign countries such as Japan, Taiwan, Bulgaria, Philippines, and Kazakhstan are also aggressively pushing the deal. In the United States, where the rights have been sold, Hulu (www.hulu.com) will also feature drama through video-on-demand, "

Tsukasa Hojo, author of "City Hunter" reject all TV production that offers up this year, making the SBS is the first broadcaster in the world to produce a TV serial drama based on his comic book series.