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Digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) is a digital radio transmission technology developed in South Korea [1] [2] [3] as part of the national IT project for sending multimedia such as TV, radio and datacasting to mobile devices such as mobile phones, laptops and GPS navigation systems.
Following ETRI's investigation of various digital radio platforms, a major decision is expected regarding the adoption of a digital radio technology for South Korean broadcasters. Korea's latest innovation is an interactive mobile TV service, or Smart DMB, launched in May 2011 with six terrestrial-DMB operators (T-DMB).
On May 1, 2005 South Korea became the first country in the world to start S-DMB service. The service provider was TU Media, subsidiary of SK Telecom.The same satellite and system was used in Japan on the defunct MobaHo! service (2004–2009) of Mobile Broadcasting Corporation (MBCO).
As of February 2006, Satellite DMB(S-DMB) subscribers came to 440,000 since the service launch in May 2005, while the number of Terrestrial DMB (T-DMB) subscribers reached 110,000 since the service launch in December 2005. [5] As of December 2007, South Korea is the only country where T-DMB is widely deployed.
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In 2002, South Korea was the first country to introduce commercial mobile TV via 2G CDMA IS95-C, and 3G (CDMA2000 1X EVDO) networks. [5] In 2005, South Korea became the first country to broadcast satellite mobile TV via DMB on May 1, and terrestrial DMB on December 1. South Korea and Japan are developing the sector. [6]
In addition to South Korea's 84 cities, TU Media provides service in express highways and Seoul metropolitan subways. DMB coverage was later expanded to include the Korea Train eXpress Seoul to Busan line, Busan subways and 10 metropolitan Seoul local highways. [citation needed]
MBC consists of a multimedia group with one terrestrial TV channel, three radio channels, five cable channels, five satellite channels and four DMB channels. MBC is headquartered in Digital Media City (DMC), Mapo District , Seoul and has the largest broadcast production facilities in Korea including digital production centre Dream Center in ...