SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Global streaming service Netflix said Wednesday that more than 25 Korean-language works, including five original films, will be released in 2022, expected to fuel the stellar drive led by the global sensation “Squid Game” last year. “In a bid to continue the successful Korean storytelling, Netflix will release more [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Streaming platforms such as Netflix and YouTube are bringing about changes not only in the landscape of the content market but also in consumers’ viewing patterns. An increasing number of viewers are going beyond the practice of consuming content at the time they want towards the act of watching [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean lawmakers on Friday called for the speedy passage of a bill that would oblige overseas content providers, including Netflix Inc., to share the burden of network usage costs. Netflix has recently come under fire in South Korea for refusing to pay for the use of the network [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean sci-fi horror “The Silent Sea” was the most-viewed non-English TV show over a recent one-week period among those on Netflix, the global video streaming service said Wednesday. The drama topped Netflix’s official weekly chart for non-English TV programs with 47.8 million hours of viewing for the week [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The global TV sensation “Squid Game” will likely return not only with season 2 but also with season 3, its creator Hwang Dong-hyuk said Tuesday. “I’m in talks with Netflix over season 2 as well as season 3,” Hwang said in an online interview with Korean broadcaster KBS. “We [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Science and ICT on Tuesday unveiled a guideline on a revised law requiring Netflix and other tech giants to improve their online service quality. Last December, South Korea passed a law revision holding online content service providers accountable if they fail to maintain stable services amid [...]
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. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Director Yeon Sang-ho of the supernatural horror series “Hellbound” said he was stunned to learn that the film debuted at No. 1 on the most-watched TV program list shortly after its global release on Netflix earlier this month. Yeon, who had directed the hit zombie thriller “Train to Busan” [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean fantasy horror “Hellbound” was the most-viewed TV show over a recent one-week period among those on Netflix, the global video streaming service said Wednesday. “Hellbound” topped Netflix’s official weekly chart for non-English TV programs with 43.5 million hours of viewing for the week from Nov. 15-21, outnumbering [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean users pay enough to local internet service providers for bandwidth required in accessing Netflix, a company executive said Tuesday, in a thinly veiled comment that the U.S. streaming giant will not pay network usage fees. Netflix has been under fire in South Korea for refusing to pay [...]