[단독]Kang Hyung-wook’s appearance fee was also pushed… ‘Great Dog’ non-payment situation – SPOTVNEWS

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[스포티비뉴스=김현록 기자]’Dogs are great’ is causing a situation where the performance fee is not paid.

According to the broadcaster on the 8th, the outsourcing production of KBS2’s entertainment program’Dogs are great’ (hereinafter,’Dogs are great’) could not pay appearance fees to actors such as Kang Hyung-wook trainee and Lee Kyung-gyu Jang Do-yeon. Other outsourcing staff were also pushed in wages.

Coen Media, an outsourced production company of’dogs is great’, suffered a management problem and KBS paid all the production costs, but there was a situation in which performance fees and salaries were not paid to the performers and staff participating in the program. One broadcaster pointed out, “I know that the performance fees and wages of’Dogs are great’, which are several episodes, have been pushed.”

Recently, Coen Media has suffered internal difficulties, including several broadcasters, including Lee Kyung-gyu, Yoo Se-yoon, Jang Dong-min, Jang Do-yeon, who belonged to the affiliated Coen Stars, and subsequently terminated contracts after having suffered a conflict due to not being able to pay for performances in the hundreds of millions of won. An industry official said, “I know that the parties are considering a civil and criminal lawsuit as the settlement problem has not been resolved even though it has been raised several months ago.”

Regarding this situation, the Coen side did not present a position.

Meanwhile, KBS is struggling to resolve the situation. A KBS official said, “Even though KBS has paid all the production costs, we are sorry that this has occurred. We are reviewing various measures,” and said, “There will be no disruptions in the production and broadcasting of the program.”

In order to create a mature companion animal culture of “dogs are great,” it is a program that considers how to live happily in harmony with dogs. Dog expert Hyung-wook Kang and entertainment industry representative Lee Kyung-gyu lead the program from the first broadcast in November 2019. come. It broadcasts at 10:40 pm on Monday and is steadily gaining popularity.

Sportavi News = Reporter Hyun-Rok Kim [email protected]