TU Media

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Type Subsidiary Headquarters Seoul, South Korea Parent organization SK Telecom		Key people Suh Young-Kil (CEO) Founded December 2003
Industry Digital Multimedia Broadcasting Website http://www.sktelink.com/jsp/main/main.jsp

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

Service

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

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.

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

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

References

TU Media Wikipedia

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