MBC Game to possibly change genre direction

Posted by nydra on July 28th, 2011 filed in StarCraft News

According to several Korean media, one of the leading game televisions in South Korea MBC Game is in discussions to change its main genre direction out of gaming and eSports. Less than a couple of days ago, strong rumors of MBC Game changing to a music television appeared on Korean websites like Fomos.kr and Thisisgame.com. The cable channel of MBC Plus Media has been specializing in gaming and has been among the leading eSports channels in Korea, focusing on StarCraft, WarCraft 3, FIFA, Counter-Strike, Dead or Alive and more. Updates from several sources related to the issue came as the events developed. An MBC representative said that "it is waiting approval from the boards, but it is nearly decided now, moreover they don't even consider game contents as sub genre, means they will remove all game contents". By Korean law, if MBC Game changes its genre to music, it will be...