teams from Challengers Season 4 were promoted directly to APEX Season 4. The APEX tournaments came to a close after season 4 as Blizzard's in-house Overwatch League began its first season in early 2018. OGN were not given the rights to broadcast Contenders Korea and, to establish control of all Overwatch esports activity, Blizzard placed many restrictions on third-party tournament organizers, effectively ending OGN's hopes of continuing to hosts tournaments outside of the main OWL/OWC circuit. See also On-Media References External links Official Site CJ E&M channels Esports in South Korea Esports television On-Media television networks Television channels and stations established in 2000