介绍:
Chinese audiences accustomed to watching free or even pirated TV shows on their phones and tablets are now paying for VIP packages to watch a popular Korean drama online. Descendants of the Sun is a record-breaking 16-episode rom-com broadcast on Korean channel KBS2. It dominates the Wednesday-Thursday evening slot and was watched by a staggering 31.6 percent of the Korean audience on Thursday.
习惯于在手机和平板上观看免费甚至盗版电视剧的中国观众，如今为了在网上观看韩国流行剧而付费购买VIP服务。16集韩国浪漫喜剧《太阳的后裔》在韩国KBS2电视台播放后收视率爆表，占据了周三四的晚间时段，上个周四的收视率高达31.6%。
（注释：rom-com是romantic comedy的简称，浪漫喜剧）
Exclusive rights to stream the show in China are owned by iQiyi.
爱奇艺网站成为这部韩剧在中国的网络独播平台。
于是……
In December of last year, iQiyi had 10 million paying users. Zhang Yuxin, an intellectual property rights (IPR) manager at the provider, claims more than 1.2 billion views on the series since itpremiered on Feb 24.
去年12月，爱奇艺有1000万付费用户。爱奇艺版权管理中心总经理张语芯称，《太阳的后裔》于2月24日首播后，播放量已超12亿次。
IQiyi estimates that at least 3 million new VIP users have signed up to watch.
爱奇艺方面估计，至少有300万人为了观看该剧而加入了爱奇艺VIP会员。
【相关词汇】
VIP members VIP会员
priority viewing 优先观看
latest episodes 最新剧集
ad-free 去广告
free users 免费用户
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