SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – YouTube’s new feature allowing vertical live video broadcasts is drawing criticism for exposing users to potentially harmful content without adequate safeguards. The video-sharing platform introduced the vertical live streaming service last year, building on the popularity of its short-form video feature, Shorts. The new format allows creators to broadcast live [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Naver Corp., the operator of South Korea’s dominant internet portal, said Monday that more than 45 million accumulated views have been made at its live-streaming shopping platform in the four months since its launch. More than 45 million accumulated views were recorded and 400,000 purchases made at Shopping Live [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The government said Thursday it plans to create a facility that specializes in the live streaming of music concerts and launch projects aimed at supporting the domestic content streaming industry. The plans were announced by the culture ministry as part of culture initiatives within the government’s more broader “New [...]