Influential Factors in Domestic OTT Platforms' Choice of Foreign Content in South Korea

Over-the-top (OTT) services are the main avenue for audiences to consume foreign content; therefore, companies use foreign content as a weapon to compete for local market share. Employing an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) in a survey of 14 OTT-content-related incumbents, this study prioritized the...

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Published inInternational journal on media management (Saint Gall, Switzerland) Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 224 - 250
Main Authors Wang, Si-Huan, Jung, Yoonhyuk
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia Routledge 02.10.2022
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Subjects
Analytic hierarchy process
Marketability
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South Korea
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Summary:Over-the-top (OTT) services are the main avenue for audiences to consume foreign content; therefore, companies use foreign content as a weapon to compete for local market share. Employing an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) in a survey of 14 OTT-content-related incumbents, this study prioritized the decisive factors in domestic OTT platforms' choice of foreign content in South Korea. The results revealed that using differentiated foreign content for competition with other domestic services is a top priority, while content with proven domestic marketability to satisfy audience demand follows behind. Finally, this study gives insights into OTT platforms' foreign content strategy.
ISSN:1424-1277
1424-1250
DOI:10.1080/14241277.2023.2181812