SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, said Wednesday it launched a subscription-based game streaming service, joining other telecom operators to capture the local cloud game market. The service, named GameBox, streams PC and console games on smartphones using cloud technology and offers around 100 games at launch, [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizewire) — Global video streaming platform Netflix Inc. is estimated to have brought in record-high paid subscriptions in April amid the coronavirus pandemic, industry data showed Tuesday. An estimated 2 million paid viewers in South Korea presumably paid 43.9 billion won (US$35.5 million) for subscriptions last month, up 21 percent from [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A new trend is emerging where consumers order coffee from delivery apps or apply for monthly subscriptions to enjoy coffee. The new trend is replacing the trend of making and drinking coffee at home. Innocean Worldwide Inc., a major local advertising agency, released a data analysis report that analyzed [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Delivery subscriptions for products other than conventional newspapers or milk are becoming more popular in South Korea, and now address a variety of needs and wants including personal interests and pastime activities. According to BINS 3.0, SK Planet’s social analysis system, online mentions of “delivery subscription” – on blogs, [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of overseas subscribers of South Korean YouTube channels has tripled over the past year, the Global video-sharing giant said Wednesday, forecasting further growth in the local online video streaming market. The viewing time of videos posted by 100 local YouTube channels jumped threefold between May 2015 and [...]
SEOUL, Jan.6 (Korea Bizwire) – Lotte Department store has started a service in which cosmetics products are delivered to a customer’s home on a regular basis. Store officials announced that Belief, a cosmetics brand from LG Household & Health Care, had started a subscription service. By subscribing to a cosmetics brand, customers can have cosmetics [...]