Gyeonggi Province Begins Production of 5 New Media Contents; to Premiere on TVING in December

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun] Five broadcast and video contents supported for production by Gyeonggi Province and the Gyeonggi Content Agency are entering full-scale production and will be aired on TVING, an OTT (internet-based video service) platform, in December this year.

The Goyang Gyeonggi Culture Creation Hub, operated by Gyeonggi Province, conducted a public recruitment in April for the 'New Media Content Broadcasting and Video Production Distribution' support project with a total production budget of 600 million won. The hub reviewed 85 broadcast and video contents based on new media platforms and selected 5 finalists.

The selected works include ▲<Just Getting By> (starring Ko Eun-ah and Heo Young-ji), a web drama adapted from a webtoon that was highly popular on the webtoon platform 'KTOON' last year ▲<3.5 Period>, an SF fantasy school romance where time flows 10 times slower between third and fourth periods ▲<Tutu: The Birth of a Polarized SNS App>, which realistically portrays school violence issues inspired by voice-based social media ▲<Architecture 101: Critiquing Korea's Landscapes>, which covers 100 years of modern Korean architectural history through architecture critic Lee Jong-geon ▲<Everything Will Be Alright>, planned by the 'Gimpo International Youth Film Festival' and produced by 'Blue Image,' telling the story of Burmese residents in Korea witnessing Myanmar's military coup.

The works comprise diverse genres including web dramas, web films, web entertainment, and web educational and documentary content.

Selected works will undergo full-scale production starting this month and receive location shooting support in Gyeonggi Province through the Gyeonggi Film Commission of the Gyeonggi Content Agency.

The works will also receive promotional marketing and promotion support through TVING. Production will be completed by the end of November this year, and early premieres will begin in December on TVING through the '(Tentative Name) Gyeonggi Content Agency Theme Channel.'

A Gyeonggi Province official stated, "Web content is rapidly rising with the expansion of non-contact leisure culture due to COVID-19 and the interest of the MZ generation (a term combining Millennials and Generation Z). We hope that the selected works will be produced as content that can lead to IP (intellectual property) expansion."