Warner Bros.' Asian Drama Hub DramaFever To Shut Down Immediately

Forbes ^ | October 16, 2018 | Tamar Herman

[kaehurowing]

Nearly a decade after pioneering international television streaming in the U.S., DramaFever will be shutting down immediately according to parent company Warner Brothers.

“Today, Warner Bros. Digital Networks will be closing its DramaFever OTT service due to business reasons and in light of the rapidly changing marketplace for K-drama content, a staple of the service’s programming,” the company said in an emailed statement after days of silence on DramaFever’s social media platforms. “Warner Bros. Digital Labs, which encompasses more than two-thirds of the DramaFever workforce, will continue operating, serving as the tech engine behind many of WBDN’s operations.”

[kaehurowing]

DramaFever, a major source of international entertainment, and especially programming from Asia, was abruptly shut down tonight by its new owner, Warner Brothers.

What is going on is censorship. Warner Brothers acquired DramaFever from its Japanese owner just a couple of years ago. DramaFever was one of the primary outlets for Americans to watch subtitled Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese and Chinese television programs and dramas, most of which are of far higher quality than the toxic junk Hollywood puts out on American TV. If you wanted to watch TV series with wholesome family values and high excellence, you watched programming on DramaFever (as well as Viki, which I am now worried is the next to go).

This is easy to figure out. The American networks and cable stations realized that they were losing far too many viewers to this alternative media outlet, so it had to be shut down without notice.

Not much different than what you are seeing happen on YouTube, Facebook and other media sources.

This really ticks me off. We are losing all our freedoms in this country very rapidly due to the stifling censorship of American corporate media. This is a very sad day.

[UCANSEE2]

The media is the deep state.

[kaehurowing]

Deep State: That was one of the keywords I put when I posted the article.

[Syncro]

Exactly
Their are two political parties in the USA
The Republicans
and
The Media
The Democrat “Party” is actually a branch of the Media Party

Therefore the Media Party controls the Democrat Party.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Is Sony part of that?

Sony has been producing a lot of wonderful Christian movies, such as ‘War Room’ and Kevin Sorbo movies.

[no-to-illegals]

Regrettably I believe the media announces and ‘the People’ are nearing full compliance. Once disarmed ‘the People’ will be nearer full compliance.....

[Syncro]

FMCDHs

[no-to-illegals]

Amen and prayers for all

[Gen.Blather]

“We are losing all our freedoms in this country very rapidly due to the stifling censorship of American corporate media.”

(**Analogy warning.**)

Despite being massively financed, the war on drugs has been a dismal failure. This is because it contravenes a basic law of economics. If there is sufficient demand for something, there will be a supply. The corollary is, the bigger the demand the cheaper the supply will be.

If there is a sufficient demand for wholesome programming, there will eventually be a supply. The reason drugs were so expensive and relatively unavailable in the ‘60’s is because there was a strong monopoly. The reason wholesome programming is generally unavailable is the same.

[PIF]

Therefore the Media Party controls the Democrat Party.

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All of which are controlled by Marxist-Leninist or Maoist interests.

[PittsburghAfterDark]

I don’t know so much about the censorship as it is limlted programming scope/market.

TV distributors don’t care if they’re showing Jerry Springer, Touched By an Angel or Sons of Anarchy.

I doubt any of the Asian program providers were providing these shows free of charge and really doubt there was much of a commercial market for it in the US.

A niche enthusiast market is still a limited market. I’m not trying to be harsh but I worked in TV for 10 years and frankly, they don’t care where the dollars come from as long as they come.

If you’re truly looking for this kind of programming and a legit online/streaming outlet is no longer available I suspect that there will be a KODI app for that.

[goldstategop]

Viki is still in business and remains unaffected by DramaFever’s sudden demise.

[bert]

Will this affect netflix?

I watch an asian drama just about everyday. Currently watching programs from Singapore.

Quality varies but most are better than American networks

[Larry Lucido]

Maybe they'll be interested in Jerry's "Butler show." (If they haven't forgotten what it's like to have no oranges).

[Chickensoup]

so can we find it online? Streaming?

[goldstategop]

It won’t affecf Viki.

The demand for online streaming content won’t disappear.

One can also find Bollywood movies on YouTube, which won’t be shutdown anytime soon.

[csvset]

[palmer]

KIll your cable and switch to 100% streaming. You are paying for and supporting CNN fake news.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I guess they just don’t do enough Trump Bashing on Korean soap operas.

[kearnyirish2]

The media is the mouthpiece of the Democratic Party - the public relations department, so to speak. They all work for the same bosses, just different departments.