Difference between revisions of "4. Will T-DMB become a major service?"
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S-DMB(Satellite DMB) has 540,000 subscribers in May this year and not a scale of economics. T-DMB(Terrestrial DMB) service is started 6 months later and its number of devices is increasing fast. It is expected that | S-DMB(Satellite DMB) has 540,000 subscribers in May this year and not a scale of economics. T-DMB(Terrestrial DMB) service is started 6 months later and its number of devices is increasing fast. It is expected that T-DMB service will retard the growth of S-DMB service by the following reasons appealing customer.<br> | ||
1) T-DMB is free.<br> | 1) T-DMB is free.<br> | ||
2) T-DMB is supported by main public broadcaster-KBS,MBC and SBS.<br> | 2) T-DMB is supported by main public broadcaster-KBS,MBC and SBS.<br> | ||
3) T-DMB device is increasing faster-Industry expects 2 | 3) T-DMB device is increasing faster-Industry expects 2 millions for T-DMB and 1 million for S-DMB in accumulating count at the end of this year.<br> | ||
T-DMB can interface with wireless Internet service through MPEG-4 BIFS technology. KTF are constructing the wireless DMB portal to benefit from this feature. However, | T-DMB can interface with wireless Internet service through MPEG-4 BIFS technology. KTF are constructing the wireless DMB portal to benefit from this feature. However, T-DMB has a big weak point, which is that there is no business model for profits. At now, it is not sure that TDMB service will succeed. | ||
Revision as of 08:23, 14 July 2006
S-DMB(Satellite DMB) has 540,000 subscribers in May this year and not a scale of economics. T-DMB(Terrestrial DMB) service is started 6 months later and its number of devices is increasing fast. It is expected that T-DMB service will retard the growth of S-DMB service by the following reasons appealing customer.
1) T-DMB is free.
2) T-DMB is supported by main public broadcaster-KBS,MBC and SBS.
3) T-DMB device is increasing faster-Industry expects 2 millions for T-DMB and 1 million for S-DMB in accumulating count at the end of this year.
T-DMB can interface with wireless Internet service through MPEG-4 BIFS technology. KTF are constructing the wireless DMB portal to benefit from this feature. However, T-DMB has a big weak point, which is that there is no business model for profits. At now, it is not sure that TDMB service will succeed.