Korea

Chinese Firm The9 Invests $38 Million in Korean Firm G10 Entertainment - 1 Comment
Posted By Pearl Research - Wed 23 Apr 2008 07:55 AM PST

The smaller number invests in the bigger number: The9 (Nasdaq: NCTY), an online game operator in China, has made an equity investment in G10 Entertainment, a game developer in Korea.…

Korean Social Gamer Nurien Software Raises $15 Million First Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 22 Apr 2008 11:19 AM PST

Nurien Software, a social gaming service based in Korea, has raised a $15 million first round from Northern Light Venture Capital (NLVC), Globespan Capital Partners, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), and…

Asian Expansion: MySpace Korea, AOL Hong Kong - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 15 Apr 2008 04:31 PM PST

MySpace went live in South Korea today—and head to head with some of the toughest social network competition out there. Forget Facebook, as I heard and saw during my too-brief…

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South Korea’s Pandora Video Sharer Eyeing Internationalization - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 11 Apr 2008 09:41 AM PST

Many of us look to South Korea for what’s next in broadband media, so… what’s next? Pandora TV, a video sharing site launched there in 2004, has just launched in…

Korea Telecom And Softbank Launch $40 Million Fund Aimed At IPTV Content - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 04 Apr 2008 05:09 AM PST

South Korea’s dominant fixed-line and broadband operator Korea Telecom and Japanese telecom and internet group Softbank have partnered together to launch a $40 million investment fund aimed at delivering internet…

Google Adopts Universal Search For South Korean Market - 1 Comment
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 30 Jan 2008 09:38 PM PST

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has announced it will overhaul its Korean-language search engine in efforts to broaden its appeal in South Korea, according to AP. The country relies mainly on local…

Korea Passes IPTV Law; Can Launch Finally - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 30 Dec 2007 07:17 PM PST

Korea’s National Assembly has finally passed a law allowing telecom companies to offer real-time broadcasting over their broadband networks..in other words, they can offer IPTV services. So far, KT Corp,…

South Korean CDN CDNetworks Raises $96.5 Million To Fuel International Expansion - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 19 Dec 2007 09:41 PM PST

CDNetworks, a South Korean content delivery network, has raised $96.5 million from Oak Investment Partners, Shinhan Private Equity and Goldman Sachs International. The publicly traded company, which claims to be…

GigaMedia Invests in Korean Gaming Companies XLGames & Neostorm - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 14 Dec 2007 11:03 AM PST

Taiwanese online gaming company GigaMedia has invested in two Korean online gaming companies: the first is in game development studio XLGames, and the second one in another independent game studio…

SK Telecom To Invest $110M In Online Businesses in US; Includes Cyworld USA; Invests $270M in Helio - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 21 Sep 2007 03:25 PM PST

SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM), the Korean telecom giant, made a bunch of investment-related announcements today, and among them, it will invest up to an additional $270 million to support their…

Broadband Content Bits: CBS Audience Network; My Damn Channel-MySpaceTV; Warner Bros.; Online HDTV - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 11 Sep 2007 01:25 PM PST

CBS Interactive Taps Affiliates For Hyperlocal Reach: CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS) is gathering the CBS-owned television, radio and affiliated stations to give the CBS Audience Network hyperlocal access. The project…

Google Proposes Video Ad-Share Deal To Korean Newspapers - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 11 Sep 2007 10:24 AM PST

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is hoping to interest South Korean newspaper publishers in creating ad-supported video news channels, the Korea Times reported. Speaking at a conference in Seoul, Google’s David Eun,…

@ BCWW Seoul: Geographical Differences In Mobile TV Viewing - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 29 Aug 2007 08:54 PM PST

I knew coming in that Koreans are among the most intense users of mobile media but two stats offered in the last couple of days put it in bas relief.…

@ BCWW Seoul: Satellite Mobile TV, User-Created PandoraTV Join Traditional Media - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 29 Aug 2007 06:21 AM PST

The conference I’m here for is an adjunct to the BCWW exhibition, a major Asian programming marketplace that draws thousands. It bears a strong resemblance to NATPE, which even has…

Broadband Content Bits: Yahoo Rocket; Hong Kong-Olympics; Skype Videos - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 08 Aug 2007 04:26 PM PST

-- Yahoo: Rocket Science Laboratories, the production company behind reality TV shows such as Temptation Island and Joe Millionaire, has signed a non-exclusive, first-look programming deal with Yahoo. The deal…

Korean Video Site PandoraTV Closes $10 Million Financing - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 03 Apr 2007 05:41 AM PST

Sometimes billed as “the Korean YouTube,” PandoraTV has completed a second funding round of $10 million led by Silicon Valley-based DCM. Previous investors Altos Ventures, STIC International and Saehan Ventures…

EA Buys 20 Percent Of Korean Online Game Maker Neowiz, For About $105 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 19 Mar 2007 07:39 PM PST

Electronic Arts, the world’s biggest game publisher, has bought a stake in South Korea’s Neowiz for about $105 million and jointly develop games for Asian markets, reports Reuters. When the…

Second Life Is Big—But It ‘s Not As Big As Some Would Have It - 1 Comment
Posted By Jimmy Guterman - Thu 14 Dec 2006 06:21 AM PST

You’d think by this late date, we’d have figured out how to count. Yesterday we reported here on the discrepancy between Forrester’s findings about iTunes sales and how those findings…

Google, Daum Tie Up In South Korea; Yahoo’s Loss - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 13 Dec 2006 11:19 AM PST

South Korea’s Daum Communications will switch to Google for cost-per-click advertising when its contract with Yahoo’s Overture expires at the end of the year, according to AFP. Google sees it…

Liberty Media Buys Stake in Korean Virtual pets Firm GoPets - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 24 Nov 2006 07:20 PM PST

Liberty Media, the media holding firm controlled by John Malone, has bought a stake in Korean virtual pets service GoPets...Liberty didn’t disclose the size of its investment. GoPets is based…

Samsung Unveils Combo Phone-PC-Music-WiMax Device - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 07 Nov 2006 05:11 PM PST

Another example of how mobile devices are morphing ... Samsung is billing the Mobile Intelligent Terminal—30G hard drive 5-inch screen, full fold-out keyboard— as the first WiMax device that also…

Korea Roundup: Telco Buying Content Providers; KT Plans Video Portal; Hanaro’s TV Portal Troubles - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 14 Aug 2006 05:10 PM PST

Bunch of video news developments coming out of Korea: -- Telcos interested in buying content providers: That is not new in Korea, but a good trend story...Hanarotelecom, which launched its…

Cyworld’s U.S. Launch; $10 Million Investment - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 28 Jul 2006 05:09 PM PST

B2.0 does a long story about the Korean sensation, Cyworld, the biggest social networking site there, and its entry into the U.S. market...it has just launched a public beta here,…

Korean’s Biggest Portal NHN To Enter U.S.; Focus on Games Market - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 24 Jul 2006 03:08 PM PST

This should be an interesting move, as a mainstream play: South Korea’s top online search and gaming site and company NHN has opened up offices in Mountain View, CA, and…

Korean Regulatory Issues For IPTV Solved; New Launches Expected - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 24 Jul 2006 10:08 AM PST

South Korean regulators have resolved a long-standing dispute over IPTV, over who should regulate/oversee it...The Korean Broadcasting Commission and the Ministry of Information & Communication each had claimed the right…