KT 'Kidsland Mobile' Also Restructured... Tving and Season Services Set for Integration Process

App Service Suspension on the 21st... New App Preparation After Season Integration

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Soo-yeon] As the online video services (OTT) Tving and Season are undergoing service integration, KT's kids OTT 'Kidsland Mobile' will suspend its service to launch a new application (app). This is part of preparations for service reorganization following the planned Tving-Season integration in December.

According to industry sources on the 1st, KT announced that it will terminate the Kidsland Mobile app service from midnight on the 21st and integrate it into Season. Kidsland Mobile has been providing services through its own app and Season, but after the 21st, it will only be accessible via Season for the time being. Users can log in with their Kidsland account on the Season app or website and watch content as before.

Season will officially end its service on December 31st ahead of its integration with Tving. KT plans to introduce a new Kidsland Mobile app as soon as possible. A KT representative explained, "Due to the merger of Season and Tving, we are reorganizing OTT services. We are creating a separate Kidsland Mobile service for existing users."

KT launched the mobile version of its internet TV (IPTV) 'Kidsland' called 'Kidsland Mobile' in 2018 and has been offering various content. As kids' content has become a core competitive advantage for IPTV, the mobile platform, which blocks harmful content and provides high-quality content, has gained popularity among parents and young children.

The reason KT is preparing a new Kidsland Mobile app is due to the upcoming merger of Season and Tving scheduled for December. With the merger causing KT's representative OTT Season to cease service, there is a need to reorganize other video platform services such as Kidsland Mobile. Final preparations are underway ahead of the merger. Additionally, KT has stopped new subscriptions to Season's additional services last month and recently discontinued the Olleh TV Mobile service as part of detailed work for service integration.

Meanwhile, Season announced its merger with Tving in July. The merger will be an absorption-type merger where Tving absorbs Season, and the merged entity is scheduled to launch on December 1st. The Fair Trade Commission approved the corporate merger of Tving and Season the day before, allowing both companies to proceed smoothly with the merger process. After the merger, Tving and Season are expected to become the second-largest OTT operator in South Korea.

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