Korea’s Something Special wins two KOCCA Funds
Format
Lab Fund: won 5 consecutive years & won Format Production Fund
InSoon Kim,
EVP – Head of Content for Something Special, Seoul-based #1 independent*
international Format agency, announced the company won two KOCCA annual funds
and accepted both the Format Lab (5 years in a row) and the Pilot fund. KOCCA
allows for a max of two funds per year for one company.
For the Format Lab, Something Special selected four teams of established Korean
producers such as: Sook-kyung
Kang, original creator of Physical 100, and Hyunsook Ji, original creator of Singles
Inferno, to work with Something Special’s own award-winning format producers.
The producers will develop original Korean IP made for international format
distribution. Something Special’s company mandate is to help Korean content
make its way into the global marketplace. Over the past four years, successful
formats such as spooky reality game show Still Alive and play-along-able music
gameshow The Beatbox came from the Format Lab and have been optioned in
Germany, Spain, and more.
Something Special has achieved another milestone by winning the Format
Production Fund. The production is set to produce a pilot with a top-tier
Korean creative and production company soon.
And the UK version of Battle in the Box is scheduled to air on July 16th and
17th with host, popular comedian Jimmy Carr, produced by Interstellar for UKTV
and channel U & Dave. The show, originally created by Nmedia and
represented by Something Special, aired in South Korea on MBN with top
ratings.
Still Alive: A reality gameshow format where ten contestants find clues and
complete in challenges within a mysterious mansion and try to remain until the
end.
Battle in the Box: Gameshow showcasing two celebrity teams who live in an empty
box divided by a movable wall armed and compete for food and household items.
Kim stated: 'Something Special is pleased to be selected for the prestigious
KOCCA funds -- for five years in a row, which demonstrates the strength of our
company. Since Something Special’s inception five years ago we continue to
pride ourselves on working with top producers to develop original Korean format
content that can travel around the world. Stay tuned for announcements on some
great formats in the coming months!'
