Netflix is SUED by South Korean internet provider over traffic spike from Squid Game

  • The show has 急に上がるd in 人気 世界的な since its 解放(する) last month and has been pegged to become the service's most successful show to date?
  • Bosses are now to be 告訴するd by South Korean internet service provider, SK Broadband over problems arising from the spike in traffic?
  • In its 要点説明, SK Broadband said in its (人命などを)奪う,主張するs that Netflix is South Korea's second-largest traffic 発生させる人(物) besides YouTube
  • Bosses 明言する/公表する that other streamers - アマゾン, Facebook and Apple - are all 支払う/賃金ing 網状組織 usage 料金s while Netflix traffic has 増加するd 24-倍の?
  • In a 声明 to CNBC on Friday, a spokesperson for Netflix said: 'We will review the (人命などを)奪う,主張する that SK Broadband has とじ込み/提出するd against us'

Netflix bosses are 存在 告訴するd by a South Korean internet provider over the stratospheric 人気 of gory 生き残り 演劇 Squid Game.?

The show has 急に上がるd in 人気 世界的な since its 解放(する) on?Netflix?last month and has been pegged to become the service's most successful show to date.?

論争 has arisen however, as によれば Reuters, a South Korean internet service provider, SK Broadband, is 告訴するing Netflix over 増加するd traffic thanks to the streaming service's 人気 in the country.

The internet provider said in its (人命などを)奪う,主張するs that Netflix is South Korea's second-largest traffic 発生させる人(物) besides YouTube, and 明言する/公表するs that other streamers - アマゾン, Facebook and Apple - are all 支払う/賃金ing 網状組織 usage 料金s.

Popular: Squid Game has soared to popularity globally ever since its release last month - with Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos saying it has a a 'very good chance' of b
ecoming the streamer's most popular show yet

So popular: Netflix bosses are 存在 告訴するd by a South Korean internet provider over the stratospheric 人気 of gory 生き残り 演劇 Squid Game

SK Broadband 主張するs that traffic from Netflix on its 網状組織 has 増加するd 24-倍の from May 2018 to September 2021.

It's now 過程ing a whopping 1.2 一兆 bits of data per second as of September - the same month that Squid Game was 解放(する)d on the 17th.?

The internet provider wants Netflix to 支払う/賃金 for 網状組織 接近 dating 支援する to 2018. For 2020 alone, that 量 was 概算の to be around 27.2 billion won ($31.55million AUD).

In a 声明 to CNBC on Friday, a spokesperson for Netflix said: 'We will review the (人命などを)奪う,主張する that SK Broadband has とじ込み/提出するd against us.

High:?SK Broadband alleges that traffic from Netflix on its network has increased 24-fold from May 2018 to September 2021. It's now processing a whopping 1.2 trillion bits of data per second as of September - the same mon
th that Squid Game was released on the 17th

High:?SK Broadband 主張するs that traffic from Netflix on its 網状組織 has 増加するd 24-倍の from May 2018 to September 2021. It's now 過程ing a whopping 1.2 一兆 bits of data per second as of September - the same month that Squid Game was 解放(する)d on the 17th

'In the 合間, we continue to 捜し出す open 対話 and 調査する ways of working with SK Broadband ーするために 確実にする a seamless streaming experience for our 株d 顧客s.'

Last year, Netflix brought its own 訴訟 as to whether it was obligated to 支払う/賃金 the provider for 網状組織 usage. The streaming 巨大(な) argued that its own 義務 ended with creating content, and leaving it accessible.

However, the ソウル Central 地区 法廷,裁判所 支配するd against Netflix, 説 the streamer should 'reasonably' 支払う/賃金 something to SK Broadband for 網状組織 usage.

Netflix 控訴,上告d, with fresh 訴訟/進行s 始める,決める to start in December.

Huge hit: Squid Game has been discussed globally ever since its release last month - with Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos saying it has a a 'very good chance' of becoming the streamer's most popular show yet

抱擁する 攻撃する,衝突する: Squid Game has been discussed globally ever since its 解放(する) last month - with Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos 説 it has a a 'very good chance' of becoming the streamer's most popular show yet

The streaming 巨大(な) said last week that it has helped create 16,000 職業s in South Korea.

与党 国会議員 Kim Sang-hee said on Wednesday that out of South Korea's 最高の,を越す 10 data traffic 発生させる人(物)s, 78.5% of the traffic (機の)カム from foreign content providers, up from 73.1% a year earlier, with "Google-YouTube and Netflix that account for the 大多数 turning a blind 注目する,もくろむ to 網状組織 usage 料金s". ($1 = 1,187.3400 won) (報告(する)/憶測ing by Joyce 物陰/風下; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)?

一方/合間, Squid Game has 急に上がるd to 人気 globally ever since its 解放(する) last month - with Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos 説 it has a a 'very good chance' of becoming the streamer's most popular show yet.

The South Korean series is a 生き残り thriller 始める,決める in modern-day ソウル, where a group of 456 people are 招待するd to play a 一連の children's games wit h the chance to 勝利,勝つ a 抱擁する 量 of money - but if you lose in the game, you lose your life.

Plot:?The South Korean series is a survival thriller set in modern-day Seoul, where a group of 456 people are invited to play a series of children's games with the chance to win a huge amount of money - but if you lose in the game, you lose your life

陰謀(を企てる):?The South Korean series is a 生き残り thriller 始める,決める in modern-day ソウル, where a group of 456 people are 招待するd to play a 一連の children's games with the chance to 勝利,勝つ a 抱擁する 量 of money - but if you lose in the game, you lose your life

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