SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecommunication firms said Saturday they have released various services and content related to the country’s professional baseball league as they try to attract baseball fans at home amid the coronavirus pandemic. The new Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) season started May 5 after South Korea managed to flatten [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — International exposure will grow even more now for South Korean baseball. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced Friday that, in addition to the United States and Japan, its games will be broadcast in 130 countries, including Canada, Mexico and the Netherlands. The rest of Europe, parts of Asia, the [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Eduardo Perez, a former major leaguer now working as a color commentator for ESPN, does not usually need a lot of sleep. But this spring, his sleeping schedule has been, in his own words, “obliterated,” because of his new assignment of calling live South Korean baseball games for the [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — After coming home from a hectic day at work, Patty Noakes likes to wind down by watching baseball on ESPN. But it is not just any baseball she is watching on the U.S. cable station these days. ESPN will be carrying six Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) games per week [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — With the major league season not off the ground yet, the 2018 American League MVP Mookie Betts will continue to expand his role as a new global ambassador for South Korean baseball. Betts’ agency, VC Sports Group, announced Thursday that the Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder has launched a digital [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean baseball league has hit a home run with its television and online ratings on the first day of the new season. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced Wednesday that the five Opening Day games from the previous day had an average rating of 1.47 percent on [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Journalists from nearly 20 international media outlets flocked to baseball stadiums across South Korea on Tuesday, trying to get a glimpse into the nation emerging from the global coronavirus pandemic, with the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) launching its 2020 season. The regular season began across five ballparks Tuesday, the [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. sports cable giant ESPN will broadcast South Korean baseball games to its American audience, starting with the first day of the season on Tuesday. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced Monday that ESPN has struck a deal with Eclat, the Korean company with international distribution rights to [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Of the many signs that life in South Korea is returning to normal amid the global coronavirus pandemic, the start of a new baseball season may be among the clearest. After all, if it is safe for grownups to take their bats and gloves and play a game for [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean baseball league, for which the regular season is set to open on Tuesday, has become of the talk of town, drawing attention from sports officials and fans around the world, including Spain’s La Liga as well as Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and the U.S. sports [...]