Famous Korean Starcraft league: Korean Air Starleague 2010 season 2 (OSL) final will be in the oriental pearl TV tower, Shanghai, China, on Sep. 11.
As top Starcraft league in the world, OSL has always attracted millions of fans’ eyeball. With OSL2010 Season 2 is taking place, Ongamenet TV station which belongs to Korean CJ Group has made a contract with SMG Shanghai Interactive Television Co., Ltd. (SITV), and bring OSL final to Shanghai, China. They have carefully chosen the landmark of Shanghai: the oriental pearl TV tower as the final venue. OSL final will be broadcast on live by SITV and its long time partner PLU throughout China.
OSL has a history about 10 years, and it has a great influence among the e-sport fans around the world. China, on the other hand, is a developing country in the field of e-sports, many Chinese e-sports fans are expecting to watch the world top league by their own. It is said that OGN and SITV grasp this opportunity and co-operate in the future from all sides. Hope it will not only contribute to the communication for Sino-Korean e-sport community, but also help China to promote e-sports.
More Information Relating to OSL2010 Season 2:
Sponsor: OGN & SITV
Undertaker: OGN & SITV game channel
Event: OGN 2010 Korean Air Starleague Season 2 Final
Location: The Oriental Pear TV Tower, Shanghai, China
Exclusive broadcaster: SITV game channel & Korean OGN channel
Brief Introduction of Ongamenet TV Station
Founded in 2000, OGN is the first TV station in the world which focuses on games only. Aim at producing a variety game projects for young among 10 to 30. OSL starleague is a great match followed by many other projects which made a history for the e-sports, and also made S. Korean a nation called “The suzerain of e-sports”.
OGN produced a culture which made itself became the center of this field. OGN has laid the foundation of 10 years’ experience and helps Korean lead the world. OGN try its every effort to make itself as a platform for young people of Korean and the rest of the world to communicate in harmony and friendship. In order to strengthen the concept: “Korea, the suzerain of e-sports” and help the transformation of Korean games go into the world’s market.
Brief Introduction of SITV
SITV game channel’s aim: To collect all the games in the world, to lead a healthy game life, to make the best game TV in China.
SITV game channel is one of the few professional and national game TV station in China. It focuses on game players, and poisoning itself in digital TV, with the help of hi-tech means of broadcast, try to provide the best game information for its customers. It is a newly and syntaxic game platform. At the end of 2010, SITV game channel has 22000 thousand users. SITV game channel always bear the concept of “Promote healthy game culture, serving the general audience games”. It has three brand programs, i.e. Games Daily, Games Hall and G-league, which are warmly welcome by young players and fans among 15 to 30.
EDIT:
Chinese commentators' list for OSL final has been released:
Stage host: Yuan Ting(袁霆)
Birthday: Sep. 12th
Height: 168cm
Specialty: Performance, Piano (lv10), Advanced music theory (Google translation)
Position for the event: Host
Graduated from: Shanghai Theatre Academy
Habits: listening music, watching movie
Host experience in game programs: Game channel’s “e-sports’ Eden, G-league”, “Games Daily”
Feature of hosting: Cordial, Lively
Chinese commentators for OSL final: Zhang Hongshen, Yu Xiaogang, Liu Qin, Liu Yun
Zhang Hongshen(张宏圣)
Nickname: BBC, 比比西(Transliteration of BBC)
Birthday: July 7th
Position for the event: Chinese commentator for OSL final
Host experience in game programs: Game channel’s “e-sports’ Eden, G-league”, “leisure Block” and years of working experience as commentator in many other big e-sports live broadcast.
Features of hosting: Steady, Humorous
Yu Xiaogang(郁小刚)
Nickname: XD=LOVE, the Master
Birthday: March 22nd
Position for the event: Chinese commentator for OSL final
Experience for commenting: Commented for all the PLU Starcraft matches, offline matches of Game channel’s “e-sports’ Eden, G-league”, and S. Korean professional Starcraft leagues.
Features of commenting: Professional, Humorous
Liu Qin(刘青)
Nickname: alone, Double-Dragon
Position for the event: Chinese commentator for OSL final
Experience for commenting: Commented for all the PLU Starcraft matches, offline matches of Game channel’s “e-sports’ Eden, G-league”
Features of commenting: Witty, Passion
Liu Yun(刘允)
Nickname: Tri-cannon
Position for the event: Chinese commentator for OSL final
Experience for commenting: Commented recent PLU Starcraft matches, and S. Korean professional Starcraft leagues.
Features of commenting: Professional, Passion