SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) –In the aftermath of Twitch’s withdrawal from South Korea, a staggering 1.84 million users have migrated to the upstart live streaming service CHZZK, according to a report released on April 18 by data analytics firm IGAWorks. The report, which analyzed trends across major personal broadcasting apps from December 2023 to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean online video streaming service AfreecaTV said Wednesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a subsidiary of VTV, the largest national television broadcaster in Vietnam, to develop a new streaming platform. Under terms of the MOU, AfreecaTV VTVCab will cooperate to develop a new streaming [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean gamers who play PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds are breaking boundaries between online broadcasting and gaming itself, with more and more turning to the internet to show off their gaming skills. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), a South Korean online battle royale game that has garnered international popularity since its release last year, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – “What do you want to be when you grow up?” In the past, typical answers ranged from a football player who could bend it like Beckham to a movie star dodging bullets like Keanu Reeves. Ask kids in their teens or younger the question today, and they just might [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 14, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Computer games are no longer a child play but a serious moneymaking venture. Nah Dong-hyun, a 36-year-old former programmer with SK Communications, makes about 20 million won a month for game casting. Sometimes his monthly income goes up as high as 35 million won, depending on the [...]