Source: GOM eXP press materials

Cable channel FX will begin broadcasting GSL Code S matches in Korea. The broadcasts will not be live, instead being recorded and shown at midnight on Wed-Fri as well as on 1PM on weekends. The first broadcast will be on March 19th. Live internet streams are unaffected.

GSL matches had previous been broadcasted in 2013 by cable channel SPORTS1.

FX Korea is marketed as a "male" oriented channel, showing programs such as WWE RAW, The Walking Dead, Law and Order, and MMA events.

Son of Gnome

United States777 Posts

March 19 2014 03:38 GMT

Oh wow this is pretty cool, wonder if this means Starcraft is growing in Korea

Seeker

Where dat snitch at?37064 Posts

March 19 2014 03:39 GMT

About freaking time Korea started broadcasting GSL on TV. My favorite thing to do in Korea whenever I visited was to just sit in front of the TV and watch old OSL/MSL matches.

Heyoka

Katowice25012 Posts

March 19 2014 03:39 GMT

I'm never sure how much meaning things like this have but pretty cool news regardless.

GTR

51561 Posts

March 19 2014 03:40 GMT

meh, having it not live means they just see it as filler material for when nothing is on.

GinDo

3327 Posts

March 19 2014 03:41 GMT

Stupid Side-Bar. It Tricked me

I'm off to take a cold shower.

Dismay

United States1180 Posts

March 19 2014 03:42 GMT

It's a baby step, I guess.

BigFan

TLADT24920 Posts

March 19 2014 03:47 GMT

cool stuff. I thought it was being shown although I guess that was mostly when SCII OSL was around. A good step forward for SCII imo.

lichter

1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts

March 19 2014 03:49 GMT

Pretty good I guess

DavoS

United States4605 Posts

March 19 2014 03:49 GMT

#10

Seems like the kind of thing that would fit on FX channel, now we just need to get them to do the same thing in America!

LockeTazeline

2390 Posts

March 19 2014 04:53 GMT

#11

Will the broadcasts be cut to fit into a timeframe?

qcHanHan

Denmark73 Posts

March 19 2014 05:45 GMT

#12

Sick

intense555

United States474 Posts

March 19 2014 05:47 GMT

#13

This actually is pretty cool tbh, wish it was on TV everywhere and was maintstream

ReignSupreme.

Australia4123 Posts

March 19 2014 05:54 GMT

#14

Pretty good news for GOM eXP.

AC3

Canada337 Posts

March 19 2014 06:03 GMT

#15

On March 19 2014 12:41 GinDo wrote:
Stupid Side-Bar. It Tricked me

I'm off to take a cold shower.

I just about shit a brick too when I (wrongfully) assumed they meant FX in NA.

Despite that not being the case, always positive to see more exposure for SC2.

darkscream

Canada2310 Posts

March 19 2014 06:26 GMT

#16

If only it were FX on our side of the sea. They're one of the few TV networks that keeps me following a show or two every season.

I wrote something on FX Canada's contact form on their site, expressing my interest in their covering or rebroadcasting WCS - whichever region they choose - and mentioning my appreciation for their korean sister network. Baby steps!

igay

Australia1178 Posts

March 19 2014 06:29 GMT

#17

Can't complain!

.:w0rm:.

Canada5 Posts

March 19 2014 07:03 GMT

#18

Pretty excited not gonna lie, even if I don't live in Korea... I'm glad to see that the game is gaining recognition and perhaps starting to rise in popularity as opposed to the mass MOBA style esports is starting to feel like