{"id":6674,"date":"2020-05-22T12:22:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T12:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=6674"},"modified":"2026-04-24T05:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:01:12","slug":"kbo-130-countries-baseball-sports-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/kbo-130-countries-baseball-sports-betting","title":{"rendered":"KBO to be broadcast in 130 countries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Canada, Mexico and the Netherlands among a growing number of countries now broadcasting South Korean baseball. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

South Korea.- Games from the Korean Baseball Organisation (KBO)\u00a0will be available in 130 countries, with greater exposure planned for South Korean baseball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It marks a huge push by KBO officials to the sport to a global mainstream audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the KBO’s new broadcast and licensing deal with ESPN has been in place, interest in the league has risen especially with other sports still out of action due to Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the interest from the US and Japan, games will be now be broadcast in 130 countries, including Canada, Mexico and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other parts of Asia, much of Europe, the Middle East and Africa will also have access to live KBO games from ESPN and affiliated networks and in their respective countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The KBO recently announced that it would consider allowing fans back into stadiums<\/a><\/em><\/strong> as early as June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Canada, Mexico and the Netherlands among a growing number of countries now broadcasting South Korean baseball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Korean Baseball Organisation (KBO) is significantly expanding its global broadcast reach to 130 countries, including key markets like Canada, Mexico, and the Netherlands, through a licensing deal with ESPN. This expansion, partly driven by increased interest during the Covid-19 pandemic's impact on other sports, aims to elevate KBO to a global mainstream audience.","focusai_entities":"Korean Baseball Organisation (KBO), ESPN","focusai_location":"South Korea, Canada, Mexico, Netherlands, United States, Japan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), operator_casino (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"KBO Market Impact","query":"What is the projected GGR uplift for sports betting operators in newly accessible KBO markets, considering the league's current betting handle and fan engagement metrics?"},{"label":"Licensing Deal Valuation","query":"How does the KBO's broadcast and licensing deal with ESPN benchmark against similar global sports content distribution agreements in terms of rights fees and audience reach valuation?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[161,16338,155],"tags":[152,233],"class_list":["post-6674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news","category-east-asia-news","category-sports-betting-news","tag-south-korea","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6674"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21951,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6674\/revisions\/21951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}