SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The homegrown streaming platform Tving is gaining ground on market leader Netflix in South Korea, data showed Friday. Tving’s monthly active users (MAU) surged 27 percent to 7.39 million in the first half, while Netflix experienced a 16 percent decline to 10.96 million, according to Mobile Index, an application [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Kim Seon-ho, known for “Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha,” and Go Youn-jung, star of “Moving,” have been cast as leads in a new Korean series for Netflix, the streaming giant said Thursday. The new series, tentatively titled “Can This Love Be Translated?,” is written by acclaimed sibling duo Hong Jung-eun and Hong [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean original series “Hierarchy” rose to No. 1 on Netflix’s weekly chart for non-English TV series, the global streaming service said Wednesday. The romantic drama, starring rookie actors, garnered 6.3 million total views during the June 10-16 period. Released June 7, the seven-part series follows the story of [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix’s hit apocalyptic horror series “Sweet Home” will return for its third season next month, the streaming giant said Wednesday. The new season, featuring the survivors from the previous installment, is set to premiere on July 19. Based on Naver’s eponymous webtoon, the original Korean series debuted its first [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The global streaming service Netflix confirmed Monday the production of a new romantic comedy series by renowned screenwriter Kim Eun-sook, starring Suzy and Kim Woo-bin. The 12-episode series, “Everything Will Come True,” revolves around an encounter between a lamp genie (Kim Woo-bin), who has been asleep for a millennium, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study suggests that network operators, including telecommunications companies, provide benefits worth an estimated 506 billion won annually to Netflix users in South Korea. The research paper titled “An Empirical Study on the Benefits Provided by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to Over-the-Top (OTT) Service Users,” authored by Professor Byun [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Two Korean shows secured the top two positions on Netflix’s weekly ranking for non-English TV chart, the global streaming giant said Wednesday. TvN’s romantic drama “Queen of Tears” and the reality competition show “Physical: 100 Season 2 – Underground” landed at No. 1 and 2 on the chart, respectively. [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The reality survival series “Physical: 100 Season 2 – Underground” has debuted at No. 1 on Netflix’s weekly chart for non-English TV series, the global streaming service said Wednesday. During the viewing period from March 18 to 24, the South Korean show, which premiered on March 19, amassed 6.1 [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s antitrust regulator has launched an on-site inspection into over-the-top streaming platforms Netflix and Wavve on suspicions of their failure to properly notify users of terms of an early subscription cancellation, officials said Monday. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) sent inspectors to their respective offices in Seoul and [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix’s original Korean film “My Name is Loh Kiwan” topped Netflix’s weekly chart for non-English movies, the global streaming service said Wednesday. During the viewing period from March 4 to 10, the South Korean film racked up 5.1 million views and topped regional charts in 31 countries, including South [...]