Korean Internet Provider Broadband SK Wants Netflix to pay the costs associated with increasing network traffic, because more people in the region flowed the popular Netflix title. Among the shows that became viral in this country were recently the South Korean TV series that shot at the top of the Netflix charts globally. It was a squid game, the horror show was launched just a few weeks ago. It may seem ironic that SK demands Netflix to pay traffic costs, given that the Korean show is the top of the Netflix graph in Korea and other markets. But it was only a coincidence that the demands of the SK appeared when the Korean show had topped the Netflix charts.
Netflix Squid Game is a hit monsters
Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos said a few days ago that the game Squid was on track to move Bridgerton as Netflix’s biggest global event. The executive did not reveal a certain number at that time. But he revealed the viewers data that Netflix did not share with the previous world.
Statistics revealed how many Netflix accounts watched at least two minutes shows like Bridgerton and how many hours were spent by people watching shows and movies popular. Squid games are likely to get their own statistics soon.
This event is a horror story about players who compete in children’s games for multi-million dollars. The twist is that the players can and will die during this simple seem challenge.
Released on September 17, Squid games have become viral in most markets where Netflix is available, including the US. The event is also popular in its home market, where people flow many Netflix shows.
SK claims has nothing to do with the popularity of the squid game. If there is, the fact that so many people flow the show only helps the case. Internet service providers demanded Netflix to pay increased network traffic and maintenance work, Reuters report.
SK wants multi-million dollar payments
Courts in Seoul have said that Netflix must be “enough” giving something in return to Internet service providers. Separately, some South Korean Parliamentarians have spoken against content providers who do not pay for network use.
Netflix has said that it will review the claims and work of Broadband Decree with an internet company. Netflix is the second largest data traffic generator in this country, after Google YouTube. No companies pay for the traffic they produce.
SK said that Netflix data traffic surged 24 times from May 2018 to 1.2 trillion bits of data per second in September. Many of the pieces came from the Squid game observer this month. SK Wants Netflix to pay $ 22.9 million for 2020 traffic alone, a revealed court document.
Netflix sued last year in the country about whether it had to pay anything on the use of the SK network. The company said that its obligations ended when making content and making it available to consumers. Streamer said that SK eradicated traffic costs while internet service providers fulfilled their contracts with their customers. That was the lawsuit where the court said in June that it makes sense for Netflix for “must provide something in return for service.” Netflix has appealed the decision.
This kind of debate about traffic costs is not new, and it is something that often appears in connection with clean neutrality talks. If you watch the Hit Squid Netflix game in the US, you shouldn’t worry about streaming problems. Netflix has paid the fee for Comcast for more than seven years for faster streaming speeds.