SOOP

SOOP
Type of site
Video hosting service, Video streaming service
Available inKorean, English
HeadquartersSouth Korea
Area servedWorldwide
Owner
  • Su Gil Seo (CEO)
ParentAfreecaTV Co., Ltd. (2011–)
Nowcom (2005–2011)
URLwww.sooplive.co.kr
RegistrationAvailable
LaunchedMay 11, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-05-11)
Current statusActive

AfreecaTV (Korean: 아프리카TV, short for "Any FREE broadCAsting") (KRX: 067160) is a P2P technology-based video streaming service. It is now owned and operated by AfreecaTV Co., Ltd. in South Korea after Nowcom's AfreecaTV Co., Ltd and ZettaMedia split in 2011.[1] As of July 2019 AfreecaTV was listed 4th in the "Asia's 200 Best Under A Billion" list by Forbes.[2]

  1. ^ "Nowcom Will Create "ZettaMedia" for Web Storage Business" (in Korean). Digital Daily. 2011-05-13. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  2. ^ "Asia's 200 Best Under A Billion". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-11.