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Free mobile broadcasts to be available across the South Korea in May

By Dusan Belic on Tuesday, April 10th, 2007 at 1:55 am PST In Mobile TV

Samsung - mobile TVBeginning next month, South Koreans will be able to watch free TV programs on their mobile handsets not merely in Seoul and its vicinity but also across the country.

The Ministry of Information and Communication gave licenses to KBS and MBC, the country’s two top TV outlets, to start nationwide mobile broadcasting called terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (T-DMB).

The Ministry will also push for the new-type of mobile TV ads, as well as different measures to increase the number of compatible handsets on the market. (via: The Korea Times)

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