South Korea - Services on Air - History
03.03.2021
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In this country there are three regular national multiplexes on air. There are six major broadcasters providing a variety of services to the South Korean market including mobile TV services. TPEG services are available giving the consumer traffic and travel information. There are 19 video services, two audio services and six data services on air.
Feature of service on air
For DMB application for smart phones, Smart DMB Lite application was released in May 2011. To date
800,000 people have downloaded and used the application (including EPG, BBS service). Smart DMB pro (including VOD, SNS service) was released in January 2013, which is the improved version of
Smart DMB Lite.
A nationwide TPEG service was started by four broadcasters in July 2007. The cumulative sales of the GPS navigator to date are about 10 million and 80% of those devices feature TPEG.
04.10.2013
In this country there are three regular national multiplexes on air. There are six major broadcasters providing a variety of services to the South Korean market including mobile TV services. TPEG services are available giving the consumer traffic and travel information. There are 19 video services, two audio services and six data services on air.
Feature of service on air
For DMB application for smart phones, Smart DMB Lite application was released in May 2011. To date
800,000 people have downloaded and used the application (including EPG, BBS service). Smart DMB pro (including VOD, SNS service) was released in January 2013, which is the improved version of
Smart DMB Lite.
A nationwide TPEG service was started by four broadcasters in July 2007. The cumulative sales of the GPS navigator to date are about 10 million and 80% of those devices feature TPEG.
08.03.2013
In this country there are three regular national multiplexes on air . There are six major broadcasters providing a variety of services to the South Korean market including mobile TV services . TPEG services are available giving the consumer traffic and travel information . There are 14 video services, five audio services and eight data services on air, five of them public and 22 commercial.
Feature of services on air in South Korea
For DMB application of smart phone, Smart DMB Lite application has been released since May 2011. 800000 people have downloaded and used the application (including EPG, BBS service). Smart DMB pro (including VOD, SNS service) will be released in January 2013, which is the improved version of Smart DMB Lite.
The nationwide TPEG service has been started by four broadcasters since July 2007. The cumulative sales of the GPS navigator to date are about 10 million and 80% of those devices feature TPEG.