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Message from the President
Contents
INTRODUCTION 9
PART I. CURRENT STATUS AND OUTLOOK OF ICT INDUSTRY OF KOREA 11
1. ICT Industry in General 13
1.1. Production 13
1.2. Exports 14
2. Current Status and Outlook by Sector 17
2.1. Communications Services 17
2.2. Broadcasting Services 20
2.3. Broadcasting and Communications Convergence Services 23
2.4. ICT Equipment 26
2.5. Software 37
PART II. INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF ICT INDUSTRY COMPETITIVENESS OF KOREA 41
1. Comparison with Major Countries in ICT Infrastructure 43
1.1. Communications Infrastructure and Uptake 43
1.2. Broadcasting Infrastructure and Uptake 49
2. Analysis of Global Competitiveness in Major ICT Indexes 53
2.1. ICT Development Index - ITU 53
2.2. Technological Infrastructure Competitiveness - IMD World Competitiveness 55
2.3. WEF Global Competitiveness Index - Technological Readiness 57
PART III. CURRENT STATE OF INTERNET TV MEDIA MARKET AND ITS IMPLICATIONS 59
1. Changes in TV Media Environment 61
1.1. Emergence of Various Platforms and Evolving Competitive Landscape 61
1.2. Evolving Content Distribution Environment 62
1.3. Evolving Patterns in Content Usage 62
2. Overview of Internet TV Media 63
2.1. Definition of Internet TV Media 63
2.2. Classification of Internet TV Media 63
2.3. Internet TV Media Market Size 65
3. Domestic and Global Internet TV Media Companies 67
3.1. Global Situation 67
3.2. Domestic Situation 80
4. Implications 87
CONCLUSION 89
REFERENCES 91
Table 1.1. ICT Industry Production 14
Table 1.2. ICT Equipment Exports/Imports 15
Table 1.3. Fixed Communications Services Revenues 18
Table 1.4. Monthly Growth in the Number of Mobile Phone Subscribers 19
Table 1.5. Mobile Communications Services Revenues 20
Table 1.6. Terrestrial Broadcasting Services Revenues 20
Table 1.7. Paid Broadcasting Services Revenues 22
Table 1.8. Program Production and Delivery Business Revenues 23
Table 1.9. IPTV Subscribers by Service Provider 24
Table 1.10. IPTV Broadcasting Revenues 24
Table 1.11. Online Ad Revenues of Three Major Portals 25
Table 1.12. Fixed-Mobile Content Revenues 26
Table 1.13. Communications Equipment Supply and Demand 27
Table 1.14. Mobile Handset Supply and Demand 28
Table 1.15. Broadcasting Equipment Supply and Demand 30
Table 1.16. Digital TV Supply and Demand 31
Table 1.17. Information Equipment Supply and Demand 32
Table 1.18. Computer Supply and Demand 33
Table 1.19. Component Supply and Demand 34
Table 1.20. Semiconductor Supply and Demand 36
Table 1.21. Display Panel Supply and Demand 37
Table 1.22. Software Production and Exports 38
Table 1.23. Package Software Production 39
Table 1.24. IT Service Production 40
Table 2.1. ICT Development Index: Indicators and Weights(2013) 53
Table 2.2. Korea's Rankings in ICT Development Index 54
Table 2.3. Korea's Rankings in ICT Development Sub-Indexes 55
Table 2.4. Korea's Rankings in Technology Infrastructure Indicators 56
Table 2.5. Korea's Rankings in WEF Global Competitiveness Index-... 58
Table 3.1. Main Players in Each Category of Internet TV Media 64
Table 3.2. Major Global Telecommunications Service Providers 67
Table 3.3. Major Global Broadcasting Service Providers 70
Table 3.4. Major Global S/W Enablers 73
Table 3.5. Comparison of Service Models of Major OTT Services 79
Table 3.6. Major Domestic Telecommunications Service Providers 80
Table 3.7. Major Domestic Broadcasting Service Providers 82
Table 3.8. Major Domestic Device Manufacturers 84
Figure 1.1. Subscriber and Revenue Trends in Broadband Internet Services 18
Figure 1.2. Percentage of Conversion to Digital Cable 21
Figure 2.1. Fixed-telephone Subscriptions per 100 Inhabitants 43
Figure 2.2. Percentage of Households with Internet Access 44
Figure 2.3. Fixed Broadband Subscriptions per 100 Inhabitants by Technology,... 44
Figure 2.4. Percentage of Households with a Computer 45
Figure 2.5. Number of Computers per 1000 People 45
Figure 2.6. Mobile-cellular Telephone Subscriptions per 100 Inhabitants 46
Figure 2.7. Wireless Broadband Subscriptions per 100 Inhabitants by Technology,... 47
Figure 2.8. 3G Subscribers as a Percentage of Total Subscriptions, 2011 48
Figure 2.9. Smartphone Penetration, 2013 1Q 48
Figure 2.10. Household Penetration of Subscription TV 49
Figure 2.11. Household Penetration of Cable TV 50
Figure 2.12. Household Penetration of Satellite TV 50
Figure 2.13. Household Penetration of IPTV 51
Figure 3.1. Competitive TV Media Platform Landscape 61
Figure 3.2. Growth in the Global Video Media Service Market 65
Figure 3.3. Sony Entertainment Network(SEN) 73
Figure 3.4. Apple TV 74
Figure 3.5. Google's Chromecast 76
Figure 3.6. Xbox One of Microsoft 77
Figure 3.7. U+TV G Service and Major Features 82