Kakao Entertainment, which has already become a content dinosaur by incorporating many labels and production companies as subsidiaries, has grown in size by acquiring additional Gleline and ZIP Cinema. At the same time, voices of concern about monopoly are growing.
Kakao Entertainment announced on the 28th that it recently acquired a stake in Gleline and a film company ZIP Cinema and incorporated them as subsidiaries, Bread, Love and Dreams, Broker, Cold Eyes, Crazy Romance, Default, Dr. Romantic, Everything about my Wife, Extreme Job, Forecasting Love and Weather, Hunt, Jeon Woochi - Drama, Jirisan, Kingdom: Ashin of the North, Master, Military Prosecutor Doberman, Misty, Money, Night Trip, No, Thank You, Stove League, The Accidental Narco, The Match, The Police Station Next to the Fire Station, The Priests, The Spy Gone North, The World of the Married, Touch Your Heart, Vincenzo, Voice of a Murderer, Work Later, Drink Now, Youth, Climb the Barrier, Bae Doona, Gang Dong-won, Heo
Actor Park Byung-eun expressed his warm heart through donations.
On the 28th, CJ Entertainment said, "Park Byung-eun recently donated 50 million won to the National Cancer Center".
He then said, "I personally decided to do good in difficult times"., Decibel, Kingdom: Ashin of the North, Lost, SEOBOK, The Moon, Park Byung-eun
The trend in 2021 was online video service (OTT). Due to the spread of COVID-19, more and more people started looking for works in their home turf instead of visiting theaters and works that secured ingenious stories and solid casts centered in domestic and international OTT have gained huge popularity.
YTN Star selected works that received good responses this year and actors who showed outstanding performances in December. Among the top six works, most are presented on OTT platforms and they are, "Hellbound", "Happiness - Drama", "D.P" and "Squid Game", D.P, Happiness - Drama, HARD HIT, Hellbound, Kingdom: Ashin of the North, Mouse, Move to Heaven, Navillera, Squid Game, Taxi Driver, Unframed, Jo Woo-jin, Jung Ho-yeon, Kim Shin-rok, Koo Kyo-hwan, Lee Hee-jun, Lee Je-hoon, Park In-hwan, Yoo Ah-in