Jin Woo Hwang, President & Executive Director of Something Special and DJ Lee, Chief Content Officer of 4DREPLAY
Something Special, the Seoul-based international Format agency founded by Format, announced a co-development partnership with media technology company 4DREPLAY to create non-scripted and scripted formats incorporating 4DREPLAY technology, a four-dimensional time slice video production system that creates any-time, any-angle highlights with an unprecedented level of detail.
Up to now, the majority of the technology has been utilized in major sporting events, such as in the NBA and MLB games, PGA Championship tournaments, US Open Tennis championships and UFC matches along with broadcasters such as CBS, ESPN, Fox Sports, NBC, France TV, TF1, NHK and others.
Something Special has been both creating and producing formats (non-scripted and scripted) as well as their agency representing top-tier producers such as: the creators and writers of global successes "The Good Doctor", "The Masked Singer", "I Can See Your Voice", among others. Their recent program, "Still Alive", a fun, spooky game show, aired in September of this year on Korea’s IHQ.
Jin Woo Hwang, President & Executive Director at Something Special, stated, “We’re thrilled to partner with the incomparable DJ Lee and 4DREPLAY to bring their exciting technology to the Formats world. This partnership is a culmination of our shared vision to develop truly unique programming for the global, tech-savvy audience that consumes content today.”
DJ Lee, Chief Content Officer of 4DREPLAY said: “We are very excited to announce our partnership with Something Special. 4DREPLAY, a frontier media company which leads an innovative viewing culture via creating videos that leap beyond the boundaries of time and space, is looking forward to showcasing more experimental and successful K-Content in the future in collaboration with Something Special, which has successfully established various entertainment formats in the global market.”