Detv and the hallyu, or Korean Wave

guess what it is?

Last month, I had the priviledged to review something that I have never reviewed before. No it’s not about cosmetics or beauty products. Neither is it on food or fashion. This time it's on entertaiment, when I say entertaiment, I will narrow it down to TV Channels which you can't find just by turning on your TV. I'll give you a few hints.

1. International Channels

2. Needs Decorder

3. Needs Internet

DeTV Malaysia's First Chinese IPTV!

Can you guess what it is already? I know some of you might think it's ASTRO but hang on, Astro don't use internet to stream tv channels so which new TV service is this! When I told my friends, they were all also dumb founded by my new discovery (lol). It's called DETV! yeap DETV! I tried to explain to them it uses internet to stream tv channels to my tv (Internet Protocol television = IPTV) they don't believe me until I showed them my DETV which uses a decorder connected to either directly to your wired ethernet connection or can be connected wireless! Mine is wireless, thanks to my bf who set it up. We didn't even know how to read Chinese! (and still could manage to set up a wireless connection). DeTV is a Chinese TV service owned by DE Multimedia Sdn Bhd, a joint venture founded by REDtone International Bhd and Zhong Nan Enterprise (M) Bhd. It was officially been launched on 26th Jan 2010. Most of the channels provided by DeTV are from mainland China and Taiwan.

DETV Have you Heard Of It?

chinese & taiwan channels aplenty!

If my grandmother were still here, she would be glued to this DeTV watching all the mainland China dramas and news, being updated of her motherland. Yes my grandmother is from China and she would understand Chinese! I on the other hand can't read Chinese but I do understand "a bit" of Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese). The generation gap is there haha! The channels that I can find on my DeTV are:

GuangXi TV International

TianJin TV International

SiChuan TV International

Al Jazeera English

Al Jazeera (Arabic)

Channel NewsAsia

Bloomberg TV

DaAi Channel

GoodTV

Digital Mobile (Dimo) TV

Taiwan MAC (Macroview) TV

Hakka TV

China Sun TV

Arirang TV

CCTV 4

CCTV 9

Kaku Animation

CCTV-Entertainment

China Movie

Fujian Straits TV

Dragon TV

TVS (China)

Zhejiang International Channel

CCTV Chinese Opera Channel

Chongqing TV International Channel

Hunan TV World

Beijing TV

JSBC International Channel

Yellow River TV

NHK World

Enlight Media

Collections TV

Health & Lifestyle Channel

Since it's a IPTV based service, I did wonder if the internet connection here would affect the TV Channel's live streaming. Well truth be told, there was at a time Streamyx was having maintenance at my area and I could not watch DeTv at all but after that, the streaming was effortless and I could channel surf all the way until I found this cool channel called Arirang TV (Korean TV). Arirang TV is an international, English-language networkd based in Seoul, South Korea. It's operated by The Korean International Broadcasting Foundation and has a diverse lineup of programs ranging from cultural, documentaries, and entertiament to give viewers a peek into Korea, Asia and the world at large. FYI! This is my ultimate favourite channel in DeTV because I am interested in Korea! Also another reason why I like watching this channel is beacuse I got to keep up with the "Hallyu" meaning the Korean Wave! yes what's making everyone especially the young and restless crazy nowadays? addictive tunes, cool moves and girl/boy bands that's as addictive as sugary desserts.

Girls Generation on Arirang, DeTV

K-POP! from Facebook there's already friends posting and sharing their views about K POP and there's where I first got watching! Seriously, I don't have time for entertaiment these days so I don't know what's hot and happening. Being able to finally catch up Korean's Hottest Bands in DeTV while ironing my clothes makes me happy. When Generation Girls music video came up, I stop doing what I do and sat down, mesmerized by the video. No wonder guys are going ga-ga over them and girls trying to dress like them. Their tune and dance movement is so addictive, makes me want to do the same. During my teenage years, American Boy Bands and Spice Girls were the rage! Now you can find all sorts of bands being in the top 10 idol list! K POP being one of them. I am enjoying still the many channels in Arirang, here's a list of them you can find:

A History of East Asian Culinary Exchange

a Plus

Affairs of the Heart

Ancestral Legacies

Apple Tree

Arirang Arabic News

Arirang Cafe

Arirang News

Arirang Special

Arirang Sports M

Asia and the Cities

Asian Cuisine Tour

Battle Shinwa

Beyond Borders

Biz Today

Buzz in Business

Cartoon Time

Cine-Lab

Click! Digital Camera

Company Close Up

Coree Arirang

CrossWorld People

Cuisine Korea

Cuisine Tour

Day Break

Diplomacy Lounge

Drama Platinum

Drama Theater

Dream It

Documenraty World

Dynamic Korea

Edward's Live Kitchen

Electropia

Encore Documentary

eSports

Face to Face

Festive Journey

FOODelicious

Franceska

GEO Korea

Great Pathfinders

Hand in Hand

Health For All

Heart to Heart

Homey Korean

Host Family

I Love Korea

IDCF Special Cartoons

In Focus

In Law's War

In Style Plus

In Your Eyes

Innovation Korea

InStyle

InStyle Plus

Invest Korea

Kidsland Wowow

Korea 101

Korea Now

Korea This Week

Korea Today

Korea, The World's Best

Korean Freakonomists

Korean National Parks

Korean News Update

Korean Odyssey

Let's Speak Korean

Love or Nothing

Love's Pinwheel

Lush Life

Made in Korea

Michel

More Than Kimchi

Movie World

Museum Circuit

My Funky Family

National Treasures

Nature's Symphony

Nonstop

On the Road

Peninsula Scope

People & People

Perform Arts

Photo Essay

Pops in Seoul

Power Market

Power Product

Quiz Champions

Rank Korea

Real Express

Scenery of Korea

Screen Flash

Show Music Tank

Showbiz Extra

Showbiz World

Showking M

Sitcom

Some Like it Hot

Sound & Motion

Sports Express

STAR Real Story, "I Am"

Starlit Promenade

Superkids

Talk Around

Taste Your Life

The Contenders

The Great Aspiration

The Legacy of Historical Architecture

The Water Bloom

Thumb Bear Kkomzi

Trading Post

Traditional Symbols

Traveler's Korean

Veiled Truth

W 24/7

Wave Markers

WEG Programs

Win Win

Winning Choice

Wiz & Biz Korea

Working It

World Best Restaurant

World Sports

World Wonders

Ya Tribe

Here's an excerpt from the sun on the Korean wave dated oct 1st, 2010, I was just reading the Sun Newspaper on Friday and I felt that it's good to share about it here too while I'm watching Korea on DeTV. If you have any questions! please feeel free to leave a comment about DeTV! This is my experience and I tell it as it is.

Korea’s second wave comes calling (1st Oct, 2010, The Sun)

THE Korean Wave of pop culture is ebbing overseas, according to the latest figures, but an official said recently he expects a renewed surge of interest, thanks to new TV dramas. South Korean TV dramas, movies and pop music took Asia and other parts of the world by storm earlier in the decade in a phenomenon known as the Korean Wave or Hallyu. The export of broadcast content alone rose 20% to 30% every year between 2001 and 2005.

Last year exports of broadcast content such as TV dramas, variety shows and documentary films rose only 1.9% year-onyear to US$184 million (RM567.9 million), the state-run Korea Creative Content Agency (KCCA) said. “Overseas demand for our product has been slow amid a global financial crisis. We also face growing competition from US, Chinese and Taiwanese content,” Yoon Jae-Sik, a KCCA team leader, told AFP. He also admitted that in the past few years, South Korea failed to produce programmes on par with previous popular TV classics such as Daejanggeum and Winter Sonata. Korean Wave of pop culture is ebbing overseas, according to the latest figures, but an official said recently he expects a renewed surge of interest, thanks to new TV dramas. South Korean TV dramas, movies and pop music took Asia and other parts of the world by storm earlier in the decade in a phenomenon known as the Korean Wave or Hallyu. the export of broadcast content alone rose 20% to 30% every year between 2001 and 2005. Last year exports of broadcast content such as TV dramas, variety shows and documentary films rose only 1.9% year-onyear to US$184 million (RM567.9 million), the state-run Korea Creative Content Agency (KCCA) said. “Overseas demand for our product has been slow amid a global financial crisis. We also face growing competition from US, Chinese and Taiwanese content,” Yoon Jae-Sik, a KCCA team leader, told AFP. He also admitted that in the past few years, South Korea failed to produce programmes on par with previous popular TV classics such as Daejanggeum and Winter Sonata. Daejanggeum and Winter Sonata. “I’d like to put it this way. The Korean Wave is not ebbing but waiting for a new surge,” Yoon said. “We’ll see the Korean ave turn around this year. TV series such as Queen Sunduk (right) Queen Sunduk (right) and Iris would inject new life into the regional appetite for Korean pop culture, he said. Iris would inject new life into the regional appetite for Korean pop culture, he said. Queen Sunduk, a history drama, and Iris, a history drama, and Iris, a thriller series, drew large numbers of domestic viewers last year. – AFP

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