MBC Game (Korean: MBC 게임, 엠비씨 게임) was a South Korean specialty television channel owned by

MBC Plus Media MBC Plus () is a South Korean company under Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, MBC, producing Mass media, media, broadcast and telecommunication products for non free-to-air networks, including Skylife and 'Cable TV' (KCTA) service providers. Corpor ...

. The channel primarily broadcast's programming related to

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, but it, along with its competitor

Ongamenet OGN (formerly known as Ongamenet) is a South Korean pay television channel that specialized in broadcasting video game-related content and esports matches, particularly ''StarCraft'', ''Starcraft II'', ''League of Legends'', and Overwatch. OGN ran ...

, was well known for its extensive coverage of

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History

The channel was launched launched by CJ in September 2000 as LOOK TV, a fashion channel. On October 2, it doubled its airtime from 9 hours to 18 and increased its productions. In late March 2001, it and Dramanet were acquired by MBC. With the acquisition, the channel was reformatted as GEMBC, a game channel, before becoming MBC Game in 2003. In July 2011, its reconversion into a music channel was announced. The channel was discontinued on January 31, 2012, and replaced by a

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MBC M MBC M (formerly MBC Music) () is a South Korean specialty television channel owned by MBC Plus Media. The cable channel primarily broadcasts programming related to music. It was first announced in July 2011, with the announcement of the shutdo ...

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Defunct television channels Esports television

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