South Korea • The 1st Melon Music Awards ceremony was broadcast through
CU Media's y-star, Dramax and Comedy TV channels. Internet partners include
Melon,
Nate (then a sister brand),
GOMTV and
Afreeca TV (2009-2010). • In 2010, LOEN Entertainment partnered with
MBC Plus Media, and the latter transmitted the awards night through
MBC every1, MBC Dramanet (from 2010 to 2011 and 2013),
MBC Game (now defunct) and
MBC Life (now defunct). When
MBC Music was launched in 2012, it shared the honor of being the flagship station of MMA with MBC every1.
MBC QueeN joined in 2013. •
Daum was the local internet partner in 2013. One year later, it merged with LOEN's incumbent
parent company Kakao. • In 2018, the awards show was broadcast on JTBC2, JTBC4, 1theK, and
KakaoTV as part of their partnership with
JTBC Plus Media.
Worldwide • Since 2011,
Alphabet Inc.'s
YouTube (specifically the 1theK (formerly LOEN Music) channel) is the internet broadcast partner of Melon Music Awards.
Microsoft's
Zune was the first internet broadcast partner (2009).
China •
Tencent, via its
QQ Music and
QQ Live services, owns the broadcast rights since 2016.
Japan • The
Sony Music Japan-owned
Music On! TV acquired the local broadcast rights in 2015, making Melon Music Awards the second Korean music awarding event that it broadcasts (the first being
Mnet Asian Music Awards).
Thailand •
Joox, another Tencent-owned music service, together with its sister property
Sanook.com, brought Melon Music Awards to its users in Thailand in 2016 and 2017.
Taiwan • Streaming rights is handled by
Taiwan Mobile's MyMusic service. ==References==