Controversy intensifies over the production cost of the strongest baseball...Producer Jang Siwon, JTBC, go through legal proceedings
Mar 13, 2025
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On the 13th, Jang Si-won said, `I don't know why C1, which is an independent corporation and not an affiliate of JTBC, should disclose the production cost to JTBC, but there is no basis for JTBC to demand it in the first place.'
He added: "JTBC is pushing ahead with its own production as if it was waiting right after the end of season 3 and is interfering with the filming of C1 in all directions.", he refuted by disclosing part of the contract.
Earlier on the 12th, JTBC shall transparently disclose that the production cost was not used for any purpose other than the net production cost under the joint production contract between the two companies", and Jang Si-won said "I want you to see in common sense which business will disclose the cost details to a third party, even to the other party, who is unfairly trying to invade the business, and whether such a request is justified." JTBC is interfering with the filming of C1 in all directions by pushing for its own production as if it was waiting right after the end of season 3" he insisted.
In addition, if there is a legal or contractual right as the JTBC claims, and if there is any suspicion that there is a problem with the use of filming and production costs of 'strongest baseball', legal proceedings can be taken accordingly. This is probably not the case because a large company with enormous influence wants to argue with a small outsourcing producer."
JTBC and producer Jang Si-won are fighting each other over the production cost of strongest baseball.
In particular, JTBC claimed that "the production company's overlapping claims for production costs" regarding the controversy related to "the strongest baseball".
JTBC has been discussing the progress of the new season with Studio C1 (hereinafter referred to as 'C1') who was in charge of producing 'strongest baseball' until season 3, but decided not to produce the new season 'strongest baseball' with C1 because the mutual trust relationship has been seriously damaged and it is difficult to recover anymore"JTBC estimates that C1 overcharged hundreds of millions of won to billions of won for three seasons of "strongest baseball" "
Then "C1 set the production cost per episode for the 'strongest baseball' contract based on the production cost for filming the game once. However, even if the game was divided into two parts, C1 charged the production cost equivalent to two times, including the production cost that was not actually spent, and C1 seems to have repeatedly charged the production cost through this method.
On the other hand, the program "Strongest Baseball" is about an unyielding confrontation between the 11th club "Strongest Monsters" against a professional baseball team and strong baseball teams across the country, and is preparing for a new season after the end of season 3 on the 10th of last month.
narusi@sportschosun.com
