MBC Game

MBC Game (Korean: MBC 게임, 엠비씨 게임) was a South Korean specialty television channel owned by MBC Plus Media. The channel primarily broadcast's programming related to video games, but it, along with its competitor Ongamenet, was well known for its extensive coverage of competitive video gaming.

MBC Game

MBC Game logo
Country	South Korea
Programming
Language(s)	Korean
Ownership
Owner	MBC Plus Media
History
Launched	September 1, 2000 (as LOOK TV) May 1, 2001 (as GEMBC) January 1, 2003 (as MBC Game)
Closed	January 31, 2012
Replaced by	MBC Music (now MBC M)
Former names	LOOK TV (2000-2001) GEMBC (2001-2003)

History

The channel was launched launched by CJ in September 2000 as LOOK TV, a fashion channel.^[1] On October 2, it doubled its airtime from 9 hours to 18 and increased its productions.^[2] In late March 2001, it and Dramanet were acquired by MBC.^[3] 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.^[4]

The channel was discontinued on January 31, 2012, and replaced by a music channel, MBC M.^[5]