YMC Entertainment clarifies the rumors that IOI are banned from major networks

According to various informed sources, IOI, who's got their official debut ahead of them, is currently receiving numerous offers to guest on variety programs as well as offers for endorsement deals. Turns out, the rumors concerning the group's ban on major broadcasting networks are not true. 

Previously, a certain media outlet had reported that IOI were set to make their television debut through KBS 2TV's variety program 'Our Neighborhood Arts and Physical Education' but later retracted their words. Borrowing the words of an entertainment insider, the report had presumed that IOI's ban stemmed from the competition between the major networks and the cable networks. But IOI's planned televised debut is entirely up to the producers' discretion and has little to do with the mentioned competition. 

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YMC Entertainment, the agency in charge of managing IOI, stated, "IOI will debut in May, and we are currently discussing their appearance on TV so that it will accord with their debut. 'Fell through' means that the networks refused their appearance but the networks never said, 'You can't make an appearance,'" denying the earlier rumors.