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Update on mobile TV in Korea

Friday, December 21st, 2007

TU Media has been able to acquire the simultaneous re-transmission rights from MBC according to an interesting article I just read. This represents a big step for TU Media but it comes two and a half years too late.
As TU Media started operations in mid 2005 it tried to acquire simultaneous re-transmission rights from broadcasters. […]

S-DMB and TU Media rumored to be in trouble

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

There are rumors in Korean press that SK Telecom is hesitant to inject more money in its S-DMB business and TU Media, because reaching the break-even is unlikely. Although subscribers have reached almost 1.3 million in September 2007 TU Media has generated only losses. Together with initial investments of about 250 million USD overall this […]

Unexploited potential in Korean mobile TV market

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Many people from all over the world claim that Korea is the most strong player in Mobile TV. True. But by what means?
If we look at the numbers of who use mobile TV in Korea, the answer is ‘YES’. (Now more than 7 million people watch mobile TV in Korea). From the point of profitable […]

Mobile TV report soon to be published

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Based on requests we receive and also monitoring global media one area of huge interest is mobile TV. In most parts of the world it is a feature soon to be introduced by broadcasters or MNO’s, e.g. BBC and Channel 4 have recently announced to offer mobile TV in the upcoming year.
In order to […]

Korean TMT sector gets global attention

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Eye on South Korea by CNN

One thing which struck us recently is the global attention the Korean TMT sector is beginning to get. Recently CNN has conducted a series called “Eye on South Korea” with interesting articles and video clips about topics like CyWorld, next generation mobile handsets and “a day in the (digital) life […]

Is the sports contents saviour of Mobile TV? Case of TU Media in Korea.

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

TU media, a satellite DMB service provider is having fun with ‘Seung’s killer effect’.
In the United States, there’s New York Yankees and in England, there’s Manchester United and Japan, there’s Yomiuri Giants where Korea’s hero, Lee Seung Youp(29) is currently playing for. TU media goes on live cover every time when he plays a brilliant […]