Telecoms Korea reported yesterday that as of February 29th 2008, the number of satellite DMB subscribers reached 1.31 million, and the number of terrestrial DMB users reached 9.69 million, giving a total of 11 million mobile broadcast TV users in Korea (I am using the term "users" for T-DMB since it is a free-to-air service, and not a subscription service).
Monthly sales of T-DMB devices are in the range of 400-500K a month, meaning that by the end of March the number of T-DMB users alone will pass the 10 million mark. S-DMB growth is not reported in the article, but it seems that S-DMB has stalled in Korea since similar numbers were reported at the end of 2007.
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Hi Dror,
I'm having a hard time following the alphabet soup. How does the T-DMB relate to DVB-T (refering to http://ovidiomichelangeli.blogspot.com/2008/05/dvb-t-for-mobile-tv.html ).
Is this a "retro" to the 80s, where TV is free again ? or does these digital feeds need subscriptions ?
Regards,
Itai
T-DMB (Terrestrial Digital Multimedia Broadcast) is a Korean standard for mobile broadcast TV, based the DAB (Digital Audio Broadcast), available mainly in Korea and offered for free.
DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcast - Terrestrial) is a European standard for digital TV broadcast to regular TV sets, available mainly in Europe, and offered mostly for free.
DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast - Handheld) is a derivative of DVB-T that has been optimized for reception in mobile devices (low power consumption, high mobility). It is available mainly in Italy and some other countries in Europe, and typically offered as a subscription service.
Technology improvements in digital TV receiver chips and antennas have recently enabled the reception of regular DVB-T broadcasts in mobile devices, so now users can watch high-quality TV broadcasts on their mobile devices even in areas where a DVB-H service is not available, using DVB-T which is typically free.
Hope that clears the pictures,
Dror.
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