Korea pressures Netflix to pay up fees
Korean lawmakers have called for the speedy passage of a bill that would oblige overseas content providers, including Netflix, to share the burden of network usage costs.
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Seoul: Korean lawmakers have called for the speedy passage of a bill that would oblige overseas content providers, including Netflix, to share the burden of network usage costs.
Netflix has recently come under fire in South Korea for refusing to pay for the use of the network despite the traffic overload caused by its streaming service.
"Global content providers generate huge traffic and earn a high profit using local networks but continue to refuse to pay network fees with great bargaining power in the market," Republican Jun Hye-sook of the ruling Democratic Party said during a seminar in Seoul.
She added that network traffic generated by overseas content providers, including Netflix and Google, account for nearly 80 per cent of the total usage in South Korea, reports Yonhap News Agency.
