DMB users in Korea tops 10 million
2008/04/07 00:33The Korean government released the latest numbers for Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) mobile TV broadcasting system in Korea:
More than 10 million people have subscribed to digital multimedia broadcasting.
The Broadcasting and Communications Commission said that as of late last month, 9.69 million people used terrestrial DMB service while 1.31 million chose satellite DMB.
Meanwhile, SK Telecom approved another injection of capital into TU Media the Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (S-DMB) provider giving them a 49% ownership stake in the company.
The Electronic and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) which developed Terrestrial DMB (T-DMB) is continuing to commercialize the technology with exports to Indonesia and other countries. ETRI is also working on the next generation of the T-DMB service which will double the number of channels available along with developing the 3D T-DMB Broadcasting System which will provide 3D audio visual through T-DMB.
The European Union is also continuing to push Nokia's DVB-H as the mobile TV standard in Europe:
Italy is the lone European country with a headstart in adopting mobile TV, while other large European nations including Germany and the U.K. have balked in the past at the idea of setting a single standard.
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