South Korea has become the first country in the world to launch terrestrial digital broadcasting for mobile phones, laptops and other portable devices. The introduction of free-to-air terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) follows May’s launch of fee-based satellite DMB, which has netted a lukewarm 300,000 subscribers for service provider TU Media.
TelecomsKorea: When T-DMB service is extended to the whole nation in next year, it is expected that there willl be some premium services to attract more mobile operators into the business (who have shunned the service for now because of fears of cutting into their revenues from premium service such as text messaging and mobile games).
JooAngDaily: Korea’s four major local broadcasters — MBC, SBS, KBS and YTN — and two smaller venture companies — U1 Media and Korea DMB — will operate the service’s six channels. In addition to the television channels, 13 radio stations will be available from today and eight data broadcasting channels, offering information on shopping, weather, entertainment and transportation, will begin operation late next year.
Korea Herald: From Samsung to small-sized notebook and navigation system manufacturers, Korean companies have rolled out diverse handsets and terminals to view mobile TV programs. Samsung has unveiled nine terrestrial DMB handsets, including seven portable media players this week. On Nov. 28, LG Electronics Inc. unveiled industry-first terrestrial DMB-enabled PDA.
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