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| ▲ In this Reuters photo,shows Netflix's co-CEO, Ted Sarandos. (Yonhap) |
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| ▲ This image, provided by Netflix, shows a poster for the Korean series "Squid Game." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28 (Yonhap) -- Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, a global online video service (OTT), recently praised the new Korean survival drama "Squid Game" during Code 2021, a technology conference hosted by American media company Vox Media.
The thriller drama follows a group of people taking part in playing a survival game to win 45.6 million won in prize money, and ever since its launch, "Squid Game" has topped other Netflix TV shows in popularity in 66 countries, including the United States.
The chief of the global streaming entertainment giant also mentioned that "Squid Game" is attracting more audiences than Netflix's previous non-English original contents including the Spanish thriller "Money Heist" and French series "Lupin."
"Squid Game will definitely be our biggest non-English language show in the world, for sure," Sarandos said. "It's a very good chance to be our biggest show ever. It's enormously popular."
CNET, an American technology media outlet also predicted that "based on Netflix's standard popularity metric, 'Squid Game' will become Netflix's most popular drama, beating the drama 'Bridgerton' released late last year."
Netflix selected 10 films each in the drama and movie categories based on the number of subscriber accounts that watched the program for at least two minutes and the total viewing time during the 28 days after the release of the drama and movie.
In the drama category, "Bridgerton" topped the list based on subscriber accounts, followed by "Lupin" and season one of "The Witcher."
In terms of viewing time, the first season of "Bridgerton" topped the list, while season four of "Money Heist" and "Stranger Things - Season 3" ranked second and third, respectively.
In the movie category, "Extraction" hit No.1 on Netflix's list of subscriber accounts, while "Bird Box" topped the list in terms of viewing hours.
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