Imagine my surprise this evening to go the one of my favorite asian streaming sites and learn that it has shut down. That right DramaFever, which was one of the best, if not the best, asian streaming sites that brought you new and vintage asian series, movies, music from several countries that included Korea, China, Japan Hong Kong, Spain, and Portugal has shut its door dues to the raising costs for licensing streaming media for international viewing. Couple that with the fact that streaming sites like Netflix and Amazon have been offering more asian entertainment.It is reported that due the shut some 110 people have been laid off.
Here is the message posted on what remains of their website.
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Thank you for nine great years
As of October 16, DramaFever has been shut down.
For nine years, DramaFever offered a place for streaming the best Korean, Chinese and Japanese dramas on-demand, straight to your device. We appreciate the passion of our fans and it’s been a privilege to deliver you this content.
While this decision is difficult, there are a variety of business reasons that have led to this conclusion. We appreciate each and every one of our fans and their passion for the content DramaFever was able to bring into your lives.
We'd like to take this time to extend our thanks and gratitude to you, our loyal subscribers. We'll be issuing refunds as applicable, and subscribers will receive an email from us with details in the coming days.
Sincerely,
The DramaFever Team
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DramaFever brought us Westerners some fine programs and introduced us to ome asian entertainers. We, USA, fans can only hope that some miracle will present itself and that it will allow
for DramaFever return.
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