CANNES, France, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The press screening of South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s “Okja” at the Cannes Film Festival was temporarily stopped on Friday (local time) due to jeers from the audience opposing the Netflix-invested title’s presence at this year’s event. Boos, claps, and whistles erupted from the audience when the Netflix [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — In his acclaimed sci-fi thriller “Snowpiercer,” Bong Joon-ho offered a dystopian take on the future of human beings devastated by a man-made environmental calamity. Four years later, the Korean director returned with a new film imbued with the same potent message against human hubris, this time through the story [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – In the absence of local over-the-top content service providers in South Korea, global OTT giants including Netflix and YouTube are accelerating their efforts to invest in original South Korean entertainment content to crack open a market that has experienced rapid growth in recent years. Despite the majority of the [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean directors Bong Joon-ho’s “Okja” and Hong Sang-soo’s “The Day After” will compete in this year’s Cannes Film Festival set to open next month, the festival announced Thursday. They were among the 18 titles chosen for the main Competition lineup for the 70th Cannes Film Festival, announced by festival president Pierre Lescure and general delegate Thierry Fremaux. This marks the [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – “Iron Fist,” a new original series produced for Netflix, is brighter in tone and more focused on drama than other series based on the Marvel comic book universe on the service, its executive producer said Monday. “I think each of these shows takes its tones from the character. ‘Daredevil,’ [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. video service provider Netflix Inc. announced on Thursday that it will produce its first Korean original series “Love Alarm” based on a popular eponymous local webtoon for release next year. The upcoming cartoon-based drama, written by one of the country’s most eminent graphic novelists Chon Kye-young, marks Netflix’s [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. video service provider Netflix Inc. said Thursday that it will include more locally produced content as part of its efforts to tap deeper into the South Korean market. Five months after its global rollout in 130 countries, including South Korea, the video streaming provider with more than 81 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) - U.S. video service provider Netflix that entered the South Korean market early this year lacks an adult verification system, making teenagers vulnerable to X-rated content, industry sources said Monday. Local users can open a Netflix account by typing in an email address and their credit card information and simply checking [...]
SEOUL, Jan.29 (Korea Bizwire) – Two leading tech giants, Apple and Facebook, seem to be in different leagues given their recent performance. With demand for smartphones on the wane, industry watchers even predicted a quarter of negative growth for Apple. On the other hand, Facebook is performing far better than market expectations. On January 27, [...]
SEOUL, Jan.8 (Korea Bizwire) – Netflix, the largest video streaming service platform in the world, launched its service in Korea on January 7. Some are questioning whether the platform can achieve as great success as in the American market. Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, announced that Netflix would expand its service to 130 countries [...]