SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Global streaming giant Netflix has recently announced its plans to renew a slew of its hit Korean-language originals, like the smash-hit survival drama “Squid Game,” for more seasons in an apparent bid to gain fresh momentum as the pandemic winds down. Earlier this week, Netflix confirmed that “Squid Game” [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix’s hit Korean zombie thriller “All of Us Are Dead” will return for the second season, the streamer said Tuesday. Netflix said the new season will tell the follow-up story of a group of students who survived the zombie-hit high school. The main cast of the first season — [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Scanline VFX, a subsidiary of Netflix, will invest US$100 million in South Korea over the next six years to build special visual effects facilities in a move that will help turn the country into an Asian hub for high-tech content creation, Seoul’s industry ministry said Friday. Stephan Trojansky, the [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix’s new South Korean original “The Sound of Magic” has landed at No. 4 on a global popularity chart for TV series available on the streaming service. According to data released by streaming analytics company FlixPatrol on Sunday (U.S. time), the drama starring Ji Chang-wook placed fourth on its [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean romantic comedy “Business Proposal” retained the No. 1 position on Netflix’s latest weekly viewership chart of non-English TV shows for the third consecutive week, the global video streaming service said Wednesday. The TV series, which has aired every Monday and Tuesday on SBS from Feb. 28, marked [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean romantic comedy “Business Proposal” topped Netflix’s latest weekly viewership chart of non-English TV shows for the second consecutive week, the global video streaming service said Wednesday. The TV series, which has aired every Monday and Tuesday on SBS from Feb. 28, marked 30.9 million hours of viewing [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Broadband Co., a major South Korean internet service provider (ISP), should seek reimbursement from U.S. streaming giant Netflix Inc. for refusing to pay for network usage fees, a technology policy expert has said. In September, SK Broadband filed a lawsuit against Netflix to demand network usage fees, saying [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean legal drama “Juvenile Justice” topped Netflix’s weekly viewership chart of non-English TV shows for the second consecutive week, the global video streaming service said Wednesday. The 10-part Korean-language series marked 25.9 million hours of viewing for the week of March 7-13 to lead Netflix’s official top [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix Services Korea Ltd. has been sending most of its income from South Korea to its U.S. headquarters under the excuse of ‘commission fees’, a lawmaker claimed Tuesday. Rep. Kim Yeung-shik of the People Power Party gave a briefing on the analysis of reports submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The new South Korean TV series “Juvenile Justice” has made it into the top 10 rankings of Netflix shows two days after its release. According to data released by streaming analytics company FlixPatrol on Sunday (U.S. time), the Netflix’s Korean-language original, released Friday, placed 10th on its latest global [...]