AfreecaTV to start Chinese LoL Professional League Korean broadcasting service

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SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Yonhap) – AfreecaTV has announced on Monday that it will launch a Korean broadcasting service for the League of Legends (LoL) Chinese professional league "LPL" spring season, where several Korean players are active.

 

The first Korean broadcast of this year's LPL game will begin on February 1 with a showdown between Invictus Gaming (IG) and Edward Gaming (EDG).

 

"Dove" Kim Jae-yeon and "GIDEON" Kim Min-sung play an active role in IG, and "Fisher" Lee Jeong-tae are active in EDG.

 

AfreecaTV broadcasters are to select matches involving South Korean players and popular team matches in LPL and broadcast them in Korean.

 

Park Sang-hyun, Dankun (Kim Yeejoong), Chae Min-joon, Caster Park Han-eol and Kim Dong-jun, Bitdol (Ha Gwang-seok), and commentator Park Jin-young will participate in the AfreecaTV broadcast.

 

In addition, games that are not officially broadcast in Korean can be broadcast individually by broadcasters on AfreecaTV.

 

 

 

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Yunhee Cho.)

 

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