Line TV

Line TV is a video-on-demand, over-the-top media service owned by Japan-based Line Corporation but operating mainly in Taiwan, and previously Thailand. It is a free-to-access, advertisement-supported service, available via mobile applications, digital media players, and the World Wide Web. It carries programming from local television networks, and also partners with studios to produce its own original content.

The service launched in Thailand in 2015, where it became the most popular online video platform for local television content, with over 40 million users. It later expanded to Taiwan, and in 2020 to nineteen other territories, mainly in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the United States.[1][2][3] Line TV was instrumental in popularizing the boys' love genre in Thailand as well as exporting such Thai series to overseas audiences.[4][5] However, the company retired the service in Thailand at the end of 2021.[6]

In 2020, Line TV partnered with GagaOOLala, a Taipei-based global LGBT streaming and TV production service, to license the latter's content.[7]

  1. ^ Kishimoto, Marami (1 October 2020). "Japan's Line takes Thai streaming content global to 19 markets". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  2. ^ Russel, John (6 February 2015). "Chat App Line's Latest Experiment Is A YouTube-Like Video Service". TechCrunch. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  3. ^ Boonruang, Sasiwimon (8 November 2018). "Line TV targets mass market via content". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  4. ^ Mahavongtrakul, Melalin (30 March 2020). "I want it all!". Bangkok Post.
  5. ^ "นับถอยหลังอำลา LINE TV แพลตฟอร์มที่สร้าง 'ที่ทาง' ในการรับชมสตรีมมิงและซีรีส์วายไทย". Thairath Plus (in Thai). 29 November 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  6. ^ Leesa-nguansuk, Suchit (30 November 2021). "Line TV closes citing intense competition, rising costs". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  7. ^ "GagaOOLala partners with Line TV to broaden reach in Thai market". Flow Galindez. October 31, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2022.