SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix’s Korean-language sci-fi series “Black Knight” was the most-watched non-English TV show on the streamer for the second consecutive week, its viewership chart showed Wednesday. Premiered on May 12, the dystopian drama starring Kim Woo-bin topped Netflix’s non-English TV show list for the week of May 15-21 with 35.11 [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix’s Korean-language sci-fi series “Black Knight” ranked No. 1 on the streamer’s weekly viewership chart for non-English TV shows released Wednesday. Premiered Friday, the new drama was the most-watched non-English TV show on Netflix’s top 10 list for the week of May 8-14 with 31.22 million viewing hours. The [...]
WASHINGTON/SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix said Monday it will invest US$2.5 billion in South Korea over the next four years to produce Korean TV series, movies and scripted shows. The U.S. streaming service announced the plan following a meeting between South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos after Yoon arrived [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix’s political drama series “Queenmaker” ranked No. 1 on the streamer’s weekly viewership chart for non-English TV shows released Wednesday. Premiered on April 14, the new Korean-language series was the most-watched non-English TV show on Netflix’s top 10 list for the week of April 10-16 with 15.87 million viewing [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. streaming giant Netflix’s sales in South Korea rose 22 percent in 2022 from a year earlier thanks to a hike in subscription fees, an opposition lawmaker said Monday. Netflix’s Korean sales came to 773.3 billion won (US$588.4 million) in 2022, up 141.6 billion won from 2021, Rep. Byun [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Netflix revenge thriller series “The Glory” Part 2 stayed on top of the streamer’s weekly viewership chart for the second consecutive week, data showed Wednesday. Premiered on March 10, the highly anticipated second part was the most-watched non-English TV show on Netflix’s top 10 list for the week [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite a police investigation of an illegal streaming site “noonoo TV,” the number of users of the site is increasing, primarily thanks to the so-called the Streisand effect, the act of trying to suppress information but simply making it more widespread as a result. A consultative body consisting of [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix revenge thriller series “The Glory” Part 2 ranked No. 1 on the streamer’s weekly viewership chart for non-English TV shows released Wednesday. Premiered on March 10, the highly anticipated second part was the most-watched non-English TV show on Netflix’s Top 10 list for the week of March 6-12 [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix revenge thriller series “The Glory” Part 2 ranked No. 1 on a global popularity chart for TV shows available on the streaming giant, data showed. The highly anticipated second part debuted at No. 3 on streaming analytics website FlixPatrol’s global chart for top TV shows on Netflix one [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix revenge thriller series “The Glory” Part 2 landed at No. 2 on a global popularity chart for TV shows available on the streaming giant, just three days after its release, data showed. The highly anticipated second part debuted at No. 3 on streaming analytics website FlixPatrol’s global chart [...]