SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix has maintained is position as a leader in the South Korean streaming market despite Disney+’s recent launch. 655,609 iOS and Android users in South Korea were simultaneously using Netflix and Disney+ as of the third week of November, according to data tracker IGAWorks. There were 7,498,743 people who [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of users for Disney+, the flagship streaming service of U.S. media giant Walt Disney Co., is showing a downward trend after its launch in South Korea, due primarily to criticism over the quality of its captions and a lower user convenience compared to its competitors. Disney+’s daily [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Disney+, the flagship streaming service of U.S. media giant Walt Disney Co., landed in South Korea on Friday, heating up competition in the country’s video streaming market. The streaming service is now available on its website or in Apple’s App Store for iPhones and Google’s Play Store for Android [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — “Outrun by Running Man,” a spinoff of popular South Korean television show “Running Man,” will be released later this year as Disney+’s first Korean-language original, the streamer said Thursday. Disney+, a content streaming service from Walt Disney Co., said the show will be available within this year on its [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — While the market presence of Netflix in South Korea has recently been buoyed by the worldwide success of “Squid Game,” other big-name global and homegrown streamers, like Disney+ and Tving, have been rolling up their sleeves to shake up the landscape of the local streaming service market. Since its [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A spin-off of long-running South Korean television show “Running Man” is among the Korean originals to be released on Disney+ after the service’s launch in the country on Nov. 12, its operator said Thursday. “Outrun by Running Man,” the first official spin-off of the SBS TV variety show, will [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean mobile carrier, said Sunday it will offer Disney+ through its internet protocol television (IPTV) platform as the flagship streaming service from U.S. media giant Walt Disney Co. is set to launch in the country in November. The carrier said it has signed [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Disney+, the flagship streaming service of Walt Disney Co., will land in South Korea on Nov. 12, the company said Wednesday, heating up competition in the local video streaming market. Walt Disney Company Korea said the highly awaited service will give South Koreans access to the media giant’s trove [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – When Disney+, a content streaming service from Walt Disney Co., starts its service in South Korea in November, this will likely bring seismic change to the landscape of the local streaming service market. Disney+ is currently offering its service in 61 countries in 21 languages, including Asian Pacific countries [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Disney+, a content streaming service from Walt Disney Co., will be launched in South Korea in November, heating up the competition in the local over-the-top (OTT) market, the U.S. entertainment titan has said in a conference call. Disney+ on Thursday (U.S. time) said it will begin its service in [...]