It appears that South Korea has imposed a sanction on Twitch for ceasing operations in the country, for which the platform must pay more than $300,000 to the country.
Twitch can be seen on PCSteam Deck, PS4Xbox One, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch y mobiles con iOS y Android…except in South Korea. Therefore, the country MORE to the platform of streaming of Amazon.
As we can read in The Korea Time, it was recently revealed that the 'korean telecommunications watchdog'has imposed this Twitch fine of $327,067.
In December 2023, we learned that they left the country because it was “prohibitively expensive”, since – apparently – the connection costs there are 10 times more expensive than in most other countries.
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That measure was followed by a reduction of services that included a decrease in streaming quality in the country from 1080p to 720p.
Therefore, the platform's decision to leave South Korea to reduce costs ended up costing them thousands of dollars.
The aforementioned body determined that Twitch's sudden withdrawal “violated local telecommunications business law by undermining the interests of users” by blocking access to the country.
The commission requested relevant data to examine whether Twitch was justified in its decision to limit quality mentioned above, but the platform rejected the request citing contractual confidentiality obligations.
The said body imposed another fine of 15 million won on Twitch for failing to implement a system that would prevent the distribution of illegal audiovisual material.
South Korea fines Twitch for ceasing operations in the country
The country asks the Amazon-owned streaming platform to disclose receipt of such orders and implement preventive measures before resuming business operations in Korea in the future.
Along with this, they also ordered him to prepare various user protection measures – including refunds – because the company is about to conclude its operations; They will cease operations on February 27, 2024.
Since the elimination of services by Twitch, companies such as YouTube, Kick and AfreecaTV have taken over most of the market in the country.
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