Securing channels to offer subscribers is proving to be tricky for Korea’s IPTV platforms, even though the way is now clear for three on-demand operators to offer real-time broadcasting.
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The cash is available – KT for instance is planning to invest Won1.7
trillion (US$1.5 billion) over the next few years on its platform. But
The Korea Herald reports that operators’ talks with broadcasters on
content supply “have been deadlocked”.
That could push KT’s official IPTV launch date back from October to
November, a situation KT hopes could be avoided if the government helps
mediate.
KT’s trial, which Rapid TV News has reported on previously, has started
to around 200 homes. The company hopes to reach break even for its IPTV
service in 2011, with revenues reaching around Won900 billion by 2012.
