KakaoTV was a South Korean over-the-top, advertising-based and pay-per-view streaming television service, and personal broadcasting and video platform owned by Kakao Entertainment that launched on June 16, 2015. On March 5, 2026, KakaoTV announced it would cease operations on June 30, 2026, after the termination and removal of video uploads, channels, live chat, etc.
History On June 16, 2015, KakaoTV was officially released. Initially, it was a website similar to Naver TV in the way that it offered the streaming broadcasts from affiliated or contracted broadcasters.
On November 6, 2015, Kakao launched the "KakaoTV Live Open Chat" function which links KakaoTV's live broadcasts and Kakao Talk's open chat, allowing viewers to chat while streaming a program.
On February 18, 2017, Daum tvPot was integrated with KakaoTV. In 2017, KakaoTV attracted only 1.8% of streaming video viewers according to a survey of 7,426 online video streaming users.
On September 1, 2020, Kakao M (now Kakao Entertainment M Company) expanded the service area of KakaoTV to OTT as it needed a platform to distribute its own dramas, entertainment programs and films. It accumulated 13 million views one week after its launch, 58 million views after a month and 106 million views after three months.
While most content is short-form series with episode runtimes of 10 to 20 minutes, some created in vertical format for mobile users, KakaoTV also includes "mid-form" dramas with episodes ranging around 30 minutes.
Original programming Drama Title Genre Premiere Finale Seasons Runtime Amanza Fantasy drama Love Revolution Teen drama No, Thank You Melodrama Lovestruck in the City Romantic comedy A Love So Beautiful Coming-of-age romantic comedy How to Be Thirty Romantic comedy Mad for Each Other Romance Start Up the Engine Slice of life romantic drama The Great Shaman Ga Doo-shim Coming-of-age fantasy drama Jinx Fantasy drama Would You Like a Cup of Coffee? Slice of life Fly, Again Coming-of-age drama NEW Love and War Romance anthology Shadow Beauty Romantic drama Mr. Lee Mystery Pumpkin Time Coming-of-age fantasy drama Love & Wish Coming-of-age Her Bucket List Romance Welcome to Wedding Hell Romance Once Upon a Small Town Romantic comedy September 5, 2022 September 28, 2022 The Blue House Family Political drama TBA TBA TBA Goosebumps Horror TBA TBA TBA Beware of Your Boyfriend Romance TBA TBA TBA TBA Aquaman Romance TBA TBA TBA TBA Is It Fun, Unrequited Love? Romance TBA TBA TBA TBA Bunny and Her Boys Romance TBA TBA TBA TBA
Entertainment Title Genre Premiere Finale Seasons Runtime Wannabe Ryan Survival KakaoTV Morning Variety Face ID Reality Zzin Kyung Kyu Reality TBA TBA Si Bel Homme Sitcom Comeback Show MU: Talk Live Music Fandom Tour Travel documentary Learn Way Reality Fake Men 2 Reality Ateez Fever Road Adventure reality Sing Again Open Source Music March of the Ants Chap 2 Reality The Shop Next to the Best Cooking show TBA TBA The Real Big Brain Genius Reality TBA TBA March of the Ants Chap 3 Reality Antenna TV: Clumsy Antenna Reality TBA TBA The Origin – A, B, Or What? Reality Girls Reverse Survival TBA TBA TBA
Film Title Genre Premiere Runtime Live Your Strength Romance P1H: A New World Begins Science fiction musical Night Trip Mystery TBA TBA
Live shows Title Genre Premiere Runtime Suzy: A Tempo Concert film 2 hours Park Seo-joon, Comma Fanmeeting 2 hours, 25 min. Choi Woo-shik's A Midsummer Night's Dream Fanmeeting 1 hour, 58 min.
References
External links Official website