SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — If the rise of global content streaming services like YouTube and Netflix have taught any lessons to those in the Korean media industry, one thing is for sure: You have to become big to survive. An explosive growth in demand for over-the-top (OTT) content in the world’s most-connected country [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean politicians are increasingly turning to YouTube to appeal to their constituents. Politicians reportedly check the number of YouTube followers of their competitors every day, holding study sessions with aides on YouTube broadcasting. ‘Oreunsori’, the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP)’s official YouTube channel, kicked off the YouTube [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS became the first South Korean boy band to hit 600 million views on YouTube with the music video for their song “DNA”. Big Hit Entertainment said that the music video reached 600 million views at 7:18 p.m. on Wednesday. The music video uses various transitional effects as if [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean teenagers spend two hours a day watching online broadcasts streamed by individual creators, a survey showed Sunday, with YouTube being the most popular platform. According to the survey compiled by the Korea Communications Standards Commission conducted on 1,058 respondents, South Korean teenagers spent 114.9 minutes every day [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Female K-pop band Momoland garnered more than 300 million YouTube views with the video for their 2018 hit song “Bboom Bboom.” The main track of Momoland’s third EP, “Great!,” released in January, surpassed the YouTube milestone as of Sunday, the group’s management agency, MLD Entertainment, said Monday. “Bboom Bboom” [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Around 70 percent of South Koreans using YouTube, Facebook and other online video-sharing platforms expressed discontent over commercials popping up in the middle of content, a survey showed Sunday, but only a small number claimed they are considering paying for ad-free services. According to the data compiled by local [...]
NEW YORK, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — DoubleVerify (“DV”), the leading independent provider of marketing measurement software and analytics, today announced an expanded partnership with YouTube to deliver brand safety and suitability measurement for campaigns run on the platform. The partnership drives greater campaign transparency and unlocks potential performance for advertisers wishing to avoid unsuitable content [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — WINNER recorded 100 million YouTube views with the video for “Really Really,” the four-member K-pop boy band’s first achievement of a YouTube landmark since their debut in 2014 with YG Entertainment, the management agency said Thursday. The music video of “Really Really,” which was released in April last year, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – In a 1999 hit comedy movie, a hooligan protagonist brags of his secret to confronting several enemies at once alone: “Beat only one guy.” The infamous phrase is now the title of a series of political shows featured on the YouTube channel run by Kim Sung-tae, the floor leader [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has revealed that people feel that they are saving more time and money on education when they watch educational videos on YouTube, rather than reading or going to private institutes. YouTube and Macromill Embrain, a market research firm, conducted a study of 1,000 participants between the [...]