About Us

What is DramaFever?

We're huge fans of Asian television dramas, especially from Korea, Japan and China. With engaging story lines and top notch talent, these dramas are incredible entertainment. Unfortunately in the past, it's been difficult for North American viewers to watch their favorite dramas and discover new ones. The best options were websites with pirated content and bootleg DVDs.

We launched DramaFever to give you a better way to enjoy the dramas you love, and draw together a community we hope you will enjoy being part of.

In December 2008, we began testing DramaFever.com as a closed, invite-only site. Why the long wait? We want a site that is well designed, easy to use, and optimized for high video quality. With all the hard work that's gone into DramaFever, we wanted DramaFever to be 100% ready when we went officially live on August 6, 2009.

Is DramaFever free?

Yes. We pay the bills by running advertisements from a select group of sponsors. We offer an optional subscription plan with DramaFever Premium accounts for users that would rather watch commercial-free.

What is the difference between a DramaFever user account and DramaFever Premium subscription?

It's always free to create a DramaFever user account. You'll get great features like your own private "History" page so you can keep track of episodes you've watched -- and resume watching where you last left off, even if it was mid-episode. You'll also be able to write drama reviews.

A DramaFever Premium subscription adds two great features to your account: all episodes will be commercial-free for the best drama viewing experience, and you'll get faster access to new episodes. All for a low monthly fee of $4.99 or less.

What content providers does DramaFever work with?

DramaFever is the first online American company to work all three major Korean broadcasters (SBS, KBS and MBC). For more details, see the DF Blog post titled "KBS, MBC and SBS to Distribute with DramaFever".

Is DramaFever just for Korean Dramas?

No. We just had to start somewhere. Expect Chinese and Japanese dramas soon as well as variety TV shows, movies, and music videos.

Who is behind DramaFever?

We are an eclectic bunch who got together around our shared interest in Asian dramas. We have media, technology, and business backgrounds and had successful careers at companies such as Ziff-Davis Media, McGraw-Hill Companies, Ogilvy & Mather, Sapient, Japan Society, Grupo Prisa, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, and Merrill Lynch. We are privately funded and based in New York City.

 

What's the Buzz?

"This month, DramaFever unveiled a partnership with Hulu. The online video site features five Korean shows courtesy of DramaFever. Bak and co-founder Suk Park said they will add fresh titles to Hulu on a monthly basis. They're also planning to add shows from other Asian countries to DramaFever's lineup."

"DramaFever will become the first to offer U.S. watchers a large library of Korean TV drama content in a legal and accessible format. Korean dramas are hugely popular in their home country and the rest of Asia, but on this side of the Pacific, would-be watchers can only see them on some premium cable channels, through bootleg DVDs bought in Chinatowns, and via P2P file-sharing."

"All they had was one great idea and a Powerpoint presentation, and it took around eight months of business meetings and going to Korea to pitch to content owners before DramaFever signed its first licensing agreement with MBC. After that, two other major Korean broadcasters, several independent drama and documentary producers followed suit."

"Korean dramas are popular throughout much of Asia and are a part of the "Korea wave" of the 21st century. DramaFever hopes to tap into fans of Korean dramas and offer a legal option to view the popular shows, complete with English subtitles."

"DramaFever offers the best online video experience. It's fast, its high quality, and all videos are professionally subtitled in English … It's FREE and it is unique in that they have licensed all of their content … By watching videos via DramaFever, you are supporting your stars"

"Dramafever.com is completely legal. The founders of the site have done what no other streaming site has — which is to license the dramas directly from the Korean broadcasting companies"

"Choices were typically limited to pirated online content with shoddy quality or for those patient few who know how to navigate the labyrinth that is d‐addicts … enter DramaFever, a sort of Asian drama Hulu, with all legal and licensed content, high quality videos and subtitles"

"Even in beta, DramaFever.com is offering by far the best online video experience for dramas in the US … it’s fast, high video streaming quality, and with professional English subtitles"

"Right now, they've got … popular Korean dramas from recent years, with much more to be added in the coming weeks and months. I just spent an entire day watching ten episodes of My Lovely Samsoon"

"And while everything in this world boils down to dollars and cents, DramaFever.com has enough sense to see the opportunity to feed a desired niche market."