Cartoon Network Lands on Korea’s pooq

HONG KONG: Turner’s Cartoon Network and CNN International are launching on the South Korean OTT service pooq.

pooq allows live video streaming and video on demand across multiple screens, currently providing content to 400,000 paying users. Non-paying subscribers can also watch the two Turner channels for free, but only as short previews and only in Korea. pooq is operated by CAPTV (Content Alliance Platform), a joint venture company formed by KBS, MBC and SBS in 2012.

Phil Nelson, Turner’s managing director for North Asia, remarked: “This is the first-of-a-kind launch for us in Korea. To reach an expanded audience via an innovative new service like pooq is an important landmark in making our content available everywhere. Cartoon Network and CNN International are Turner’s international flagship brands and genuine world-class products.”