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South Korea - Current situation - History

09.08.2010

In 2005, South Korea was the first country in the world to commercially launch mobile TV services using DMB.  Since then, the market has grown and today there are over 23 million T-DMB receivers in South Korea. This number is expected to rise even more with an increase in coverage; services already cover over 75% of the country. These numbers make South Korea the most successful mobile TV market in the world! New data applications based on BIFS, have been introduced and broadcasters are anticipating an increase in revenue, as these will be subscription only.

More and more Korean companies are now seeing the global potential of DMB (including DAB and DAB+) and are starting to widen their focus to include the European markets and non-domestic Asian markets.

Korea's latest innovation is an interactive mobile TV service, or DMB 2.0, launched by SK Telecom in April 2010. with six terrestrial-DMB operators (TDMB). With DMB 2.0, mobile TV viewers are able to search the internet, receive news or stock information updates, and even enjoy mobile shopping while watching television.

08.09.2008

As the first country to commercially launch mobile TV, South Korea has seen surprising growth in the number of DMB receivers which is now over ten million. This number is expected to rise even more with an increase in coverage; services already cover over 75% of the country. These numbers make South Korea the most successful mobile TV market in the world! New data applications based on BIFS, have been recently introduced and broadcasters are anticipating an increase in revenue, as these will be subscription only.

03.09.2008

As the first country to commercially launch mobile TV, South Korea has also seen surprising growth in the number of DMB receivers which is now well over seven million. This number is expected to rise even more with an increase in coverage; services already cover over 75% of the country. These numbers make South Korea the most successful mobile TV market in the world! New data applications based on BIFS, have been recently introduced and broadcasters are anticipating an increase in revenue, as these will be subscription only.