ktown konnection #30 | Streamers bundle up, "Miss Night and Day" continues Top 10 streak

IN THIS ISSUE:

• “Miss Night and Day” sticks to Top 10

• Major bundle Disney+ x Hulu x Max launches today

• Landmark ruling 🇰🇷 provides same-sex couples with spousal benefits

• TOEIC tutor sentenced to 3 years for selling exam answers

• 2NE1 ♠️ is coming back - with a world tour

PREMIERES

• July 31 “No Way Out: The Roulette” (U+mobile TV) (Disney+)

This week’s premieres Talk about ensemble. “No Way Out: The Roulette” includes Cho Jin-woong (“The Believer 2”), Yoo Jae-myung (“Uncle Samsik”), Kim Sung-cheol (“Our Beloved Summer”), Yum Jung-ah (“Sky Castle”), Kim Moo-yeol (“Trolley”), and Lee Kwang-soo (“The Killer’s Shopping List”). The dark (and carnal) thriller gives “The Killing Vote” x “Squid Game” vibes.

What I’m Watching “Red Swan.” Episode 7 brings us back into some action-packed scenes this week, but yikes, that underdeveloped love line gave me mixed feelings.

Wednesday-Thursday July 24-25
“My Sweet Mobster” (JTBC) (Viki)
“Red Swan” (Disney+)

Friday-Saturday July 26-27
“The Auditors” (tvN) (Viki)
“Good Partner” (SBS) (Viki)

Saturday-Sunday July 27-28
“Beauty and Mr. Romantic” (KBS2) (Viki)
“Miss Night and Day” (JTBC) (Netflix)

Monday-Tuesday July 30-31
“Serendipity’s Embrace” (tvN) (Viki)
“No Way Out: The Roulette”) (U+mobile TV) (DIsney+)

(*Streaming platforms shown are for U.S. only; distributors vary by country.)

KDRAMA/FILM/TV/ETC.

Top Global Titles 🌎 “Miss Night and Day” FlixPatrol.

Korea’s watching 📺 “Beauty and Mr. Romantic,” “Good Partner,” “Miss Night and Day” (July 15-21). dramabeans

And in 🇰🇷 theaters “Escape” is topping the box office. Variety

Blue Dragon Series Awards “Moving,” Park Bo-young, and Im Si-wan were among awardees in the annual ceremony honoring non-broadcast, streamed releases. Yahoo

2NE1 is making a comeback ❤️♠️ with a world tour. (Let’s go, Blackjacks.) NME

OTT NEWS

The Disney+ x Hulu x Max ➕➕➕ streaming bundle launches today. Subs can pay $17/month - or $30 to go ad-free. It’s one of the biggest partnerships in the current market trend of offering bundled services. THR

New UI, who dis Amazon Prime Video rolled out an updated user interface - showing what’s included in user plans - separate from paywalled content. The Verge

Netflix’s whole pie giant slice 🥧 Netflix now has 278M subscribers and reaches 600M people worldwide. Bloomberg

Peacock 🦚 cuts losses with $33M subscribers and a 28% revenue increase for the latest quarter. (And along with most streamers, are struggling to turn a profit overall.) THR