6 million locals use digital broadcasting

The number of mobile broadcasting service users in Korea exceeded 6 million this year, just two years after the launch of the service, a government report said yesterday.
According to the report by the Ministry of Information and Communication, there were 6.45 million users of digital multimedia broadcasting at the end of May. DMB lets users view TV programs on personal devices. Korea was the first country to launch both satellite and terrestrial services in 2005.
The ministry said that 1.3 out of every 10 Koreans uses a mobile device to view the on-the-go broadcasting services.
The ministry added that 5.32 million use the free terrestrial service while around 1.13 million use satellite. Yonhap