{"id":1951368,"date":"2023-06-19T19:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T23:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflix-effect-lifts-korean-content-but-market-control-worries-grow\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T19:04:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T23:04:26","slug":"netflix-effect-lifts-korean-content-but-market-control-worries-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflix-effect-lifts-korean-content-but-market-control-worries-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean content boosted by &#8216;Netflix Effect&#8217;, concerns over market control rise."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnetflix-effect-lifts-korean-content-but-market-control-worries-grow%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1951368&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Hyunsu Yim<\/p>\n<p>SEOUL (Reuters) \u2013<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>South Korea&#8217;s Entertainment Industry Faces Challenges Amid Global Success<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos visits South Korea this week, he will find an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/princess-bride-star-tells-cruz-he-has-contempt-for-him-cruz-fires-back-photo-that-star-signed-to-him\/\" title=\"\u2018Princess Bride\u2019 Star Tells Cruz He Has \u2018Contempt\u2019 For Him. Cruz Fires Back Photo That Star Signed To Him.\">entertainment industry<\/a> that has achieved global fame through hits such as &#8220;Squid Game&#8221; and &#8220;The Glory&#8221;, but also growing worries about its effects on the local market.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>South Korea has created some of Netflix&#8217;s biggest shows, which have become synonymous with the broader international success of the country&#8217;s cultural exports and spurred the Californian company to invest $2.5 billion in local content.<\/p>\n<p>Sarandos is expected to arrive in Seoul on Tuesday, according to industry sources, and meet with Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Thursday, his first visit as co-CEO.<\/p>\n<p>But while Korean shows are hugely popular on Netflix, with 60% of global users watching at least one title last year, calls are growing for the government to support locally funded projects and secure the rights for content.<\/p>\n<p>The government last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-forces-children-to-wear-masks-on-buses-as-states-lift-restrictions\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Forces Children to Wear Masks on Buses as States Lift Restrictions\">week announced plans<\/a> to provide 500 billion won ($390.09 million) to help local streaming platforms compete with global rivals such as Netflix amid soaring production costs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The media and content industry will thrive when various platforms compete instead of being dominated by only a few, which will benefit both creators and consumers,&#8221; said Heo Seung, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-elise-stefanik-exposes-npr-affiliate-campaigning-for-democrats-with-taxpayer-dollars-defund-npr\/\" title=\"Exclusive\u2014Elise Stefanik Exposes NPR Affiliate Campaigning for Democrats with Taxpayer Dollars: 'DEFUND NPR'\">public affairs director<\/a> at South Korean streaming platform Watcha.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea exported $13 billion worth of content in 2022 including video games, music, and broadcasting, according to the Korea Economic Research Institute, eclipsing electric vehicle and rechargeable battery shipments.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Netflix Effect&#8221;, a term coined for the phenomenon that launches actors and directors from obscurity to instant stardom when their shows appear on the platform, is a part of South Korea&#8217;s success.<\/p>\n<p>Against this backdrop, President Yoon Suk Youl welcomed Netflix&#8217;s $2.5 billion investment as a &#8220;big opportunity&#8221; for both South Korea and the U.S. streaming giant.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix&#8217;s market weight in South Korea dwarfs that of local platforms such as Tving, Wavve, and Watcha.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, the U.S. firm reported an operating profit of 14.28 billion won in South Korea, a stark contrast to Tving&#8217;s operating loss of 12 billion won. <\/p>\n<p>Netflix boasted a 38.2% market share in South Korea last year, according to Mobile Index, overshadowing Tving&#8217;s 13.1%.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the EU, South Korea does not have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflix-effect-lifts-korean-content-but-market-control-worries-grow\/\" title=\"Korean content boosted by 'Netflix Effect', concerns over market control rise.\">laws requiring foreign streaming services<\/a> to produce or invest in local content.<\/p>\n<p>That has prompted some Korean politicians to call for Netflix to better reward creators when their projects succeed. <\/p>\n<p>Netflix said it aims to compensate local creators fairly at the initial production stage, regardless of how well their shows perform.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Compensation is an important part of that, but so is the creative expression our local team supports, along with the global audience reach of our service,&#8221; a Netflix spokesperson said in an emailed statement.<\/p>\n<p>Creators who have worked with Netflix say the company has taken a chance on them when others did not. &#8220;Squid Game&#8221; creator Hwang Dong-hyuk said in various interviews in 2021 the series was rejected multiple times before being picked up by Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>Aditya Thayi, a London-based filmmaker who directed upcoming Netflix documentary &#8220;King of Clones&#8221;, told Reuters Netflix is changing the game by &#8220;evening the playing field for Asian filmmakers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the project was commissioned by Netflix UK, it centers on genetic cloning fraud in South Korea and includes file clips from broadcasters&#8217; archives. That footage alone cost $40,000 to use, making it prohibitively expensive for independent producers without funding.<\/p>\n<p>Lim Jong-soo, a professor at Sejong University, said Netflix has given South Korean producers more opportunities but that the government could do more to help, such as by securing IP rights for creators.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The government needs to come up with a system to ensure that excess profits can be returned to South Korean creators.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>($1 = 1,281.7400 won)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Hyunsu Yim; Editing by Sam Holmes)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/netflix-effect-lifts-korean\/attachment\/the-netflix-series-squid-game-is-played-on-a-mobile\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>National Political Correspondent Neil W. 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