Korean baseball broadcasts live on ESPN across the United States-Chosun.com

Korean baseball is broadcast live throughout the United States.

ESPN, a sports-focused cable channel, finally decided to stream the KBO League live from the opening game through negotiations with Acla, which acquired KBO League rights overseas on the night of 4. The rebroadcast fee was not known under the agreement.

A KBO official said: “From the opening day on the 5th, ESPN decided to broadcast Korean professional baseball live across the United States.” ESPN’s own judgment will decide which game will air. “ESPN decided to air a game every day until the 10th, beginning with the opening game between NC and Samsung. Since then, it has been said that it is a plan to use live streams and Eco-friendly broadcasts with time difference in mind ESPN will also provide KBO-related news and featured shows.

The United States is very interested in Korean baseball. Even when the coronavirus rarely shows signs of softening, even the opening period is unclear. Meanwhile, among American baseball fans who were thirsty for baseball, the voice of wanting to watch the KBO League grew, which is the first of its kind in Korea, the United States, and Japan.

In the case of US ESPN. USA Which he decided to broadcast live on 3 and 4 (local time), a special article about Korean baseball was posted on the website. On 3, we present how to prepare for the crown of the season in Korean baseball, and on 4, we present the pre-season power rankings, the origin and history of 10 teams, and the national players who play in the league and points to watch the season.

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Japan also jumped on the live broadcast of Korean baseball. SPOZONE (www.spozone.jp), a wired / wireless platform in service in Japan, has secured the right to stream wired and wireless networks in Japan, and is currently streaming two games every day since the start of the game.

Not only the United States, but other countries are also interested in opening Korean baseball. 17 media outlets in the United States, Japan, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, France and the United Kingdom requested coverage at the stadium in the Seoul metropolitan area that opened on the 5th.

KBO said: “We plan to spread the KBO League abroad and use it as an opportunity to open new markets.”