{"id":4587,"date":"2009-08-20T02:08:39","date_gmt":"2009-08-20T02:08:39","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-15T00:08:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T00:08:38","slug":"rain-gets-own-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=4587","title":{"rendered":"Rain gets own channel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An exclusive IPTV channel dedicated to <strong>Korean pop star Rain <\/strong>is bringing new meaning to the concept of star-centric television &#8212; which, up until now has generally presented itself in the form of reality shows. With a fashion brand and two Wachowski Brothers&#8217; films under his belt &#8212; one set for release in November &#8212; and an Asian tour on the horizon, it seemed that the market for Jung Ji-hoon a.k.a. <strong>Rain<\/strong> had reached its saturation point. The only medium left, it appeared, was in the world of publishing &#8212; the highly successful star has yet to write an autobiography.<\/p>\n<p>But that was not the case.<\/p>\n<p>An exclusive <strong>IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) channel devoted to the star<\/strong> is coming soon, which means that hardcore fans will be able to tune into Rain 24\/7.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release from Rain&#8217;s agency, J. Tune Entertainment, the channel was originally set to start in mid-August. However, a J. Tune Entertainment representative said that the programs were still being developed.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It will open soon,&quot; the representative said over the phone.<\/p>\n<p>Slated to feature everything from <strong>never-before-seen footage of the star to Rain-related dramas, advertisements, concerts, music videos, and, footage and spreads of SIX TO FIVE<\/strong> &#8212; the fashion brand that Rain helped design and plan &#8212; the channel will be available through SK Broadband&#8217;s IPTV service Broad&amp;TV. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreaherald.co.kr\/NEWKHSITE\/data\/html_dir\/2009\/08\/21\/200908210005.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<!--break--><br \/>\n<!--Session data--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An exclusive IPTV channel dedicated to Korean pop star Rain is bringing new meaning to the concept of star-centric television<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1003],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-tv-film"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x90.jpg","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"Admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53e6cdc30765aade0129f85e5aeb50124b1d3f5bb9a70373be31e4eb328371e0?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"An exclusive IPTV channel dedicated to Korean pop star Rain is bringing new meaning to the concept of star-centric television","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["News","TV &amp; 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