SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Online content creators have risen in standing as access to high speed internet has become a way of life, to the point where more than a few adolescents consider a future in online broadcasting to be a dream job. However, those in the industry have cautioned against young people [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video of Psy’s “Gangnam Style” registered more than 3 billion views on YouTube at 8 a.m. Sunday, continuing to smash the video-sharing site’s records, according to his agency YG Entertainment. The electro-dance song, released in July 2012, and the signature horse-riding dance made the quirky rapper and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The video for K-pop boy group BIGBANG’s “Bae Bae” has surpassed 100 million views on Youtube. It hit the milestone on Tuesday night, becoming the 11th video from the group to garner 100 million views on the global video-sharing service, the group’s agency YG Entertainment said on Wednesday. The group performded before 50,000 [...]
CHUNGJU, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Chungju has gone viral, or more specifically, its marketing efforts have gone viral, as its promotions uploaded onto social networking sites have enjoyed explosive popularity. Completely upending the preconceptions associated with government, the city’s marketing exploits have even the caught the eye of tech giants Facebook [...]
SEOUL, Nov.1 (Korea Bizwire) – Market research company Wiseapp publicly disclosed the results of a nationwide survey of 23,000 Android OS-based smartphone users on October 31, which revealed YouTube has overtaken messaging app Kakao Talk as the most used service. The results of the same survey that was conducted last year had Kakao Talk in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The video for TWICE’s 2016 single “Cheer Up” surpassed 200 million views on YouTube on Wednesday, making it the first K-pop girl group with two music videos that attracted over 200 million views. Released on April 25 last year, the video reached the milestone in the morning, hitting 200,195,660 views [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The music video for “Spring Day” by K-pop boy band BTS has topped 100 million views on YouTube, its agency said Thursday. The song, which was released in February, reached the milestone as of 11 p.m. Wednesday, according to Big Hit Entertainment. “Spring Day” is now the seventh track [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Fifteen YouTube stars creating videos themed on Korean culture from around the world are visiting South Korea at the invitation of the government, the trip’s organizer said Tuesday. The Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange said the creators from 12 countries arrived in the country Tuesday for a nine-day [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom providers are concentrating on children in their latest commercials, a new marketing focus that differs from strategies employed in the past. Traditionally, parents who have purchasing power have always been the main target audience for mobile providers in South Korea, until recently when companies began making [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The latest data from market analyst DMC Media has revealed that YouTube was still the most popular video streaming platform on mobile devices in South Korea, chosen by 42.8 percent of 1,000 study participants in April, which was up from the 38 percent observed last year. YouTube outstripped its [...]