MBC launches 4 channels on YouTube

One of the big three broadcasting companies in South Korea, MBC – which focuses on culture programmes, has launched four channels on YouTube: MBC World, MBC Drama, MBC Entertainment, and MBC K-Pop, the entertainment news website Soompi reported.

MBC World will introduce the various MBC events. The other channels will show drama, variety shows and music programmes respectively .

Each channel will have clips around 5 minutes long. MBC is planning to put on YouTube nearly 10,000 hours of drama and variety show content.

In April, “K-Pop Concert” will be broadcast live through the channel.

The MBC and YouTube struck the deal to launch the channels in October 2011.