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SOUTH KOREA BEGINS WORLD'S FIRST TERRESTRIAL MOBILE TV SERVICE.
SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - South Korea launched the world's first terrestrial mobile TV service on Thursday, making a step forward toward a "ubiquitous era" that promises to enable people to watch TV anywhere and anytime.
South Korea's four major local broadcasting companies -- MBC, SBS, KBS and YTN -- began transmitting the service, dubbed terrestrial Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB), at 6 a.m. The smaller start-up U1 Media launched a test run of the service and Korea DMB will join the business in February next year.
DMB allows customers to view real-time digital television programs with CD-quality audio and video via cell phones, laptop computers and other handheld devices.
A ceremony was slated for later in the day to mark the launch of the service. The official launch was delayed for several months due to a lack of preparations. In May, the nation already commenced commercial service of satellite DMB.
Terrestrial DMB will initially be available only in the Seoul metropolitan area before it is expanded nationwide next year. The date for the nationwide service has yet to be finalized.
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