SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean action thriller “Carter” has debuted at No. 1 on Netflix’s latest weekly viewership chart of non-English films. Released last Friday, the Netflix Korean-language original marked 27.3 million hours of viewing for the week of Aug. 1-7 to lead the official top 10 list for non-English films available [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean romantic comedy “Business Proposal” topped Netflix’s latest weekly viewership chart of non-English TV shows for the second consecutive week, the global video streaming service said Wednesday. The TV series, which has aired every Monday and Tuesday on SBS from Feb. 28, marked 30.9 million hours of viewing [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The coming-of-age zombie apocalypse drama “All of Us Are Dead” topped Netflix’s weekly viewership chart for the third consecutive week, the global video streaming service said Wednesday. The 12-part Korean-language series marked 113.2 million hours of viewing for the week of Feb. 7-13 to lead Netflix’s official top 10 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The coming-of-age zombie apocalypse drama “All of Us Are Dead” retained the No. 1 position on Netflix’s weekly viewership chart for the second consecutive week, the global video streaming service said Wednesday. The 12-part Korean-language series marked 236.2 million hours of viewing for the week of Jan. 31-Feb. 6 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean fantasy horror “Hellbound” was the most-viewed TV show over a recent one-week period among those on Netflix, the global video streaming service said Wednesday. “Hellbound” topped Netflix’s official weekly chart for non-English TV programs with 43.5 million hours of viewing for the week from Nov. 15-21, outnumbering [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The smash-hit Korean-language drama series “Squid Game” has become Netflix’s most successful original content, the U.S. streaming giant said Wednesday. Netflix said the dystopian series had been viewed by more than 111 million accounts in the first 28 days since it debuted on Sept. 17. The previous record holder [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Football was the most-watched sport midway through the Tokyo Olympics among South Korean TV viewers, data showed Monday. The group round match of the South Korean men’s football team against Romania on July 25 marked a combined 33 percent in viewership, according to Nielson Korea. It was aired simultaneously [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Time spent watching television increased throughout all age groups this year due to the coronavirus. TNMS, a Seoul-based company that tracks viewership, conducted a study of 9,000 people from 3,200 households, revealing that the average time spent daily watching TV per household was 9 hours and 3 minutes, up [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — “Dae Jang Geum,” “Winter Sonata,” “All In” and “Lovers in Paris” — These are the names of mega-hit Korean dramas believed to have contributed to creating the Korean Wave in the early 2000s across the Asian region. South Korea’s major terrestrial broadcasters such as KBS, MBC and SBS led [...]