Five & Six International

Five & Six International (also styled FivenSix, 5&6, or Five&Six International Co. Ltd) is a South Korean broadcast and media production company focused on carom billiards. It emerged in August 2020 from the Seoul-based billiards streaming portal Kozoom International, which had been founded in June 2008 as a subsidiary of the French internet TV channel Kozoom. The broadcaster's management was again taken over by three-cushion player and coach William Oh. On 11 December 2020, the Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB) announced that Kozoom International would henceforth be named Five&Six International Co. Ltd and would hold all broadcast rights to UMB-organized tournaments worldwide. The company operates across several business areas. In media, it holds worldwide UMB broadcast rights and works with partners such as MBC Sports+ (a South Korean pay-TV network) and the PBA. Its commerce business sponsors top billiard players and collaborates with cue manufacturer Molinari and table manufacturer Gabriels-Billards for distribution in South Korea. Through its franchise business, it acquires, builds, and manages at least 15 billiard clubs in South Korea and distributes its own billiard equipment brand, "Five&Six." It also produces and distributes the leading billiard scoring system, CueSco, and runs the CueSco tournament documentation website, which provides live coverage of all UMB tournaments including players, results, and rankings, on behalf of and in cooperation with the UMB. Five&Six also organizes its own tournaments, such as the World 3-Cushion Grand Prix, which is among the highest-prized events in the discipline with a total prize fund of US$300,000. The company streams through a YouTube live channel and collaborates with a wide range of broadcasters, including MBC Sports+, Eurosport, Billiards TV, AfreecaTV (South Korea), KBSN Sports (USA), CUEUNY (Korea), TRT Spor (Turkey), SBS Sports (South Korea), Porto Canal (Portugal), HTV (Ho Chi Minh City Television, Vietnam), JTBC (South Korea), Sporza (Belgium), and Ziggo Sport Totaal (Netherlands). Its official website, fivensix.co.kr, serves as a real-time sports portal covering both billiards and football, aggregating live scores, match schedules, and media reports.

Five & Six International originated from Kozoom International, a billiards streaming portal based in Seoul that was founded in June 2008 as a subsidiary of the French internet TV channel Kozoom. In August 2020, the portal was spun off and rebranded as Five & Six International. The management of the broadcaster was again taken over by three-cushion player and coach William Oh. On 11 December 2020, the Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB) announced that Kozoom International would henceforth be known as Five&Six International Co. Ltd and would hold all broadcast rights to UMB-organized tournaments worldwide. The company also organizes its own tournaments, such as the World 3-Cushion Grand Prix, which is among the highest-prized events in the discipline with a total prize fund of US$300,000. Its business areas include media (worldwide UMB broadcast rights, cooperation with MBC Sports+ and the PBA), commerce (sponsorship of top billiard players, collaboration with cue manufacturer Molinari and table manufacturer Gabriels-Billards for distribution in South Korea), franchise (acquisition, construction, and management of at least 15 billiard clubs in South Korea, and distribution of its own billiard equipment brand "Five&Six"), and the CueSco display system (manufacture and distribution of the leading billiard scoring system) and CueSco tournament documentation (a website that provides live documentation of all UMB tournaments, including players, results, and rankings, on behalf of and in cooperation with the UMB). The company streams through a YouTube live channel and collaborates with numerous broadcasters worldwide.

• 2020

  Kozoom International spun off and rebranded as Five & Six International; management taken over by William Oh.

• 2020

  UMB announces that Kozoom International is renamed Five&Six International Co. Ltd and holds all worldwide broadcast rights to UMB tournaments.

• 2008

  Kozoom International founded in Seoul as a subsidiary of French internet TV channel Kozoom.

Specialist broadcaster and media production company for carom billiards, combining worldwide rights management, tournament organization, equipment retail, and digital scoring technology.

• CueSco scoring system

  Leading billiard scoring system manufactured and distributed by Five & Six International.

• CueSco tournament documentation website

  Website providing live documentation of all UMB tournaments, including players, results, and rankings, on behalf of and in cooperation with the UMB.

• Five&Six billiard equipment brand

  Own billiard equipment brand distributed in South Korea.

• World 3-Cushion Grand Prix

  Tournament organized by Five & Six International, among the highest-prized events in the discipline with a total prize fund of US$300,000.

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