[Digital Today Reporter Baek Yeon-sik] KT announced on the 15th that its IPTV service Olleh TV has surpassed 9 million subscribers. It has been 12 years since the launch of the service.
After KT launched IPTV nationwide commercial service in 2008, the number of olleh TV subscribers surpassed 1 million in just one year, and has continued to grow, surpassing 3 million in 2011 and 6 million in 2015. In addition, KT introduced services such as ‘Olleh TV UHD’ in 2013 and AI TV ‘Giga Genie’ in 2017.
It also signed a partnership with ‘Olleh TV Kids Land’, which has the largest number of children’s content of 60,000 episodes, and global Internet video service (OTT) Netflix.
To commemorate the breakthrough of olleh tv’s 9 million subscribers, KT is holding the ‘Olleh tv 9 million commemorative customer appreciation show’, which provides various benefits and prizes to its customers until August 20.
A representative example is ‘Summer Drama Collage’, which has been released to Olleh TV customers for free every Friday since the end of May. ‘Summer Drama Collage’ consists of three new dramas produced or carefully selected by KT.
The web novel IP of the same name owned by Storywiz has been transformed into a drama by KT Studio Genie, and has been released since the 28th of last month. Starting with ‘Please Take Care of That Guy’, new drama episodes are released sequentially for free every Friday. You can check it in the olleh tv menu ‘TV Replay>Olleh tv Original’ menu.
Following the coming 18th and July 30th, the remaining two original dramas will be released.
KT will also hold a summer drama collage viewing certification shot event. If you take a picture of the scene watching the content and post it publicly on the social media of your account, 900 people will be selected through a lottery and will receive a 3,000 won Olleh TV coupon. All you have to do is write the mandatory hashtag ‘#Olleh tv9 million #KT #certified drama title’ together.
In addition, KT jointly commemorated the breakthrough of 9 million subscribers to olleh tv and 6 million subscribers to giga internet, and also prepared a ‘KT Shop Prize Plan’ for new subscribers through KT’s official online mall KT Shop. A cultural gift certificate of KRW 30,000 will be presented to all customers who have signed up for giga internet 500 mega or more and Olleh TV Essence or higher rate plans at KT Shop. Apple Watch 6 (6 people), Picnic UV Charger (100 people), BBQ Golden Olive Chicken Set (200 people) is also provided. The KT Shop giveaway exhibition runs until the end of July.
Kim Hoon-bae, Managing Director of KT Media Platform Business Division, said, “The virtuous cycle of group media capabilities is being strengthened, such as various contents secured through KT Group’s media platform value chain are provided as benefits for Olleh TV subscribers.” “In the future, innovative services and contents We will continue to lead the domestic pay-TV market by providing new attractions and differentiated experiences to Olleh TV customers by boldly investing in the
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