TU Media

TU Media Corp. was South Korea's first mobile broadcast service company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Its name stood for "TV for you." It was established in 2003 as a subsidiary of SK Telecom. SK Telecom owned 44% of the company's shares. Currently about 1.3 million people were subscribers to the service before its shutdown.

Service

TU Media Corp. provides services on the Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (S-DMB) network with full coverage for the Korean peninsula.

In April 2006, in preparation for the 2006 FIFA World Cup service was made available along the entire KTX rail system; providing a high quality reception at a travelling speed of 300 km/h.^[2]

On May 25, 2006, TU Media opened its service in the Busan Subway system.^[3]

TU Milestones

• 2001 Sep. Applied for the registration to the ITU Satellite Network (by SK Telecom)
• 2002 Nov. Established Wireless Test Center(Seoul)
• 2003 Sep. Signed a contract with Japan’s MBCo for joint possession of DMB satellite
• 2003 Dec. Established TU Media Corp.
• 2004 Feb. Completed Broadcasting Center
• 2004 Mar. Successfully launched DMB satellite called ‘Hanbyul’
• 2004 Dec. Acquired satellite DMB business license
• 2005 Jan. Began pilot satellite DMB service
• 2005 May Launched commercial satellite DMB service with 7 video and 20 audio channels
• 2006 May Offered 12 video and 26 audio channels
• 2006 Dec. Reached 1,020,000 subscribers
• 2007 Apr. Launched a data channel for traffic information
• 2007 Sep. Offered 18 video and 20 audio channels
• 2008 Feb. Reached 1,300,000 subscribers
• 2008 Jun. Offered 21 video and 19 audio channels
• 2008 Jul. Reached 1,400,000 subscribers^{[citation needed]}
• 2010 Nov. Merger with SK Telink
• 2012 Jul. TU Media closure
• 2012 Aug. S-DMB service ends.

See also

• Economy of South Korea
• Digital Multimedia Broadcasting
• Communications in South Korea

References

1. "TU Media Corp History" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2006-11-28. Retrieved 2007-01-02. 2003년 12월: TU Media Corp 설립
2. "SK Telecom seeks to raise stake in TU Media". Korea Times. 2006-05-04. Archived from the original on 2007-03-04. Retrieved 2007-01-02.
3. "Satellite DMB launched on Busan subway lines". Korea Herald. 2006-05-26. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2007-01-02.

External links

• (in Korean) TU Media Homepage