{"id":9506,"date":"2023-02-01T10:21:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T15:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/media-ranch-picks-pair-new-korean-formats\/"},"modified":"2023-02-01T11:59:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T16:59:59","slug":"media-ranch-picks-up-pair-of-new-korean-formats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/media-ranch-picks-up-pair-of-new-korean-formats\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Ranch Picks Up Pair of New Korean Formats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Media Ranch has taken on representation for Wonwoo Park\u2019s shingle DiTurn on two new formats: <em>Round Table<\/em> and <em>Love Maze<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Round Table<\/em> is a singing game-show format created by Park that was a hit in Korea on KBS 2. <em>Love Maze<\/em>, co-created by Park and Something Special CEO Jin Woo Hwang, is a\u00a0matchmaking game show where an<span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00a0elaborate maze stands in the way of two people falling in love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It marks the first deal between Media Ranch and DiTurn, with the goal to build a collection of IP by format creator Park, who is behind the global megahit <em>The Masked Singer<\/em> and <em>Lotto Singer<\/em>. It marks the fifth joint venture for Media Ranch with Hwang, former head of formats at CJ ENM and current chairman of the KFA (Korean Format Association, a division of KOCCA) and produced hit shows <em>Better Late Than Never<\/em> (aka <em>Grandpas Over Flowers<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Philip Kalin-Hajdu, head of content and storytelling at Media Ranch,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>will lead development on both formats.<\/p>\n<p>Media Ranch\u2019s president and founder, Sophie Ferron, said: \u201cMedia Ranch is thrilled to be able to partner with two of the most talented Korean format producers around. Jin and Wonwoo have such fantastic successes under their belt, and we can\u2019t wait to present <em>Love Maze<\/em> to our broadcast partners. And we are excited to bring <em>Round Table<\/em> to new audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hwang stated: \u201cSomething Special is excited to further our relationship with Media Ranch by sharing <em>Love Maze<\/em>. We feel Sophie and Phil and their team will add an extra element to bring the show to production in the West.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Park added: \u201cDiTurn is excited to join forces to work with Media Ranch. We look forward to developing <em>Love Maze<\/em> as well as furthering the reach of <em>Round Table<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media Ranch has taken on representation for Wonwoo Park\u2019s shingle DiTurn on two new formats: Round Table and Love Maze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":9507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[2848,1099,2849,1480,2850,2158,2851],"class_list":["post-9506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-diturn","tag-jin-woo-hwang","tag-love-maze","tag-media-ranch","tag-round-table","tag-something-special","tag-wonwoo-park","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Media Ranch Picks Up Pair of New Korean Formats - 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