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Domestic Mobile TV Market Undergoing Rapid Change on Verge of VoD Services 18 June 2015

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The domestic mobile TV market is about see a fundamental change as IPTV service provider Netflix makes its debut in Korea next year, while the bad blood between terrestrial broadcasters and pay TV service providers is still ongoing.

The mobile IPTV segment, which has led the growth of the market, is likely to lose its competitiveness due to the halt of the supply of terrestrial broadcasting content. According to industry sources, the mobile IPTV services of SK Broadband and LG U+ cannot provide any terrestrial broadcasting content after June 22. The same measure was taken on June 1 with regard to new subscribers. In the meantime, Kakao TV recently launched a service with terrestrial broadcasting content.

Experts point out that the conflict over payment for the content is inevitable in the current situation in which the mobile TV service in Korea is nothing but an auxiliary service for pay TV or a tool for attracting telecoms subscribers. “As of now, Korean OTT services cannot stand on their own legs as independent platforms because they are sidekicks,” said Sun Moon University professor Hwang Keun, adding, “Their position makes it difficult to pay more for content, which, in turn, leads to a conflict with terrestrial broadcasting channels going after the payment.”

Under the circumstances, Netflix is expected to partner with media businesses, including telecoms operators, in Korea. In fact, Netflix has already finished its media market research here and had talks with various media businesses as well as KT, SK Broadband, and LG U+.

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