Title: Study on public service model with DTV white space in Korea

Authors: Heejoong Kim; Seunghyeok Baek; Ichiya Nakamura; Hideki Sunahara

Addresses: Graduate School of Media Design, KEIO University, 4-1-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa 223-8526, Japan. ' Strategy and Policy Division, Policy Research Team, Korea Creative Content Agency, 250-15, Sangam-dong Road, Mapo-gu, Seoul 121-270, Korea. ' Graduate School of Media Design, KEIO University, 4-1-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa 223-8526, Japan. ' Graduate School of Media Design, KEIO University, 4-1-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa 223-8526, Japan

Abstract: This paper presents theoretical and experimental study on feasibility of public service for DTV idle space called DTV white space in Korea. We conducted the in-depth interview of the experts who work for the stakeholders at the related fields, such as government, broadcaster, Telco, and academia. Through the interview, we achieved the research purpose, understanding the needs for the DTV white space policy and extracting the appropriate service. It contains the direction of the spectrum management, the white space policy, and the way of the service vitalisation in public aspects. With the results of interview, we proposed the policy guideline for the successful launch of DTV white space service in public aspect rather than commercial aspect.

Keywords: digital television; DTV transition; white space; spectrum sharing; inductive analysis; public services; South Korea; TETRA; Terrestrial Trunked Radio; Trans-European Trunked Radio; idle space; telcos; telephone companies; telephone service providers; telecommunications operators; Telco; government; broadcasters; academia; broadcasting; spectrum management; service vitalisation; policy guidelines; technology-driven approaches; content distribution; information systems; change management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISCM.2012.050348

International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management, 2012 Vol.6 No.1, pp.49 - 67

Received: 22 Jun 2012
Accepted: 31 Aug 2012

Published online: 16 Aug 2014 *

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