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 [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The director of Netflix documentary series “In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal” said Friday he tried to focus on realistically exposing what happened in pseudo religions to encourage followers to leave. The crime documentary series has sparked debates over some religious groups by shedding light on the [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — If Netflix introduces a policy imposing additional charges on account sharing for the Korean market, a large portion of its users would stop using it, a survey showed Thursday. The Korea Press Foundation conducted a questionnaire survey of 1,000 local Netflix users aged from their 20s to 50s. The [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The Netflix survival show “Physical: 100″ stayed on top of the streamer’s weekly viewership chart for non-English TV shows for the second consecutive week, its data showed Wednesday. Premiered on Jan. 24, the Korean variety show was the most-watched non-English TV show on Netflix’s Top 10 list for the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix survival show “Physical: 100″ ranked No. 1 on the streamer’s weekly viewership chart for non-English TV shows released Wednesday. Premiered on Jan. 24, the Korean variety show was the most-watched non-English TV show on Netflix’s Top 10 list for the week of Jan. 30- Feb. 5 with 41.6 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix survival show “Physical: 100″ has topped a global popularity chart for TV shows available on the streaming giant, just 15 days after its release, becoming the most successful Korean TV variety show to date. First released on Jan. 24, “Physical: 100″ ranked No. 1 on streaming analytics website [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Global streaming service Netflix saw a surge in the number of app users and overall usage time in South Korea thanks to its new series “The Glory,” data showed Tuesday. Industry tracker WiseApp conducted a sample survey of Korean smartphone users (both Android and iOS), which showed that roughly [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix said Wednesday it will start cracking down on subscribers in South Korea who share their passwords for the streaming service as part of its anti-account sharing measures across the globe. “People who do not live in your household will need to use their own account to watch Netflix,” [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Global streaming service Netflix sait Tuesday it had hosted a barrier-free screening of Korean director Yeon Sang-ho’s sci-fi thriller “Jung_E.” Barrier-free refers to the effort to tear down physical and institutional barriers blocking seniors, people with disabilities, and other isolated groups from gaining equal access to rights. Netflix held [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean director Yeon Sang-ho’s sci-fi thriller “Jung_E” was the most watched non-English film on Netflix in the first week of its release, data showed Wednesday. “Jung_E” was watched for 19.3 million hours in the first three days after its release on Friday, topping the non-English film chart in the [...]