SK Telecom recently announced that it has commercialized the world’s first true real-time mobile streaming technology, dubbed as ‘T Live Streaming’. The T Live streaming technology has been applied to ‘SPOTV,’ a live sports streaming channel on SK Broadband’s mobile media platform called ‘oksusu.’
The operator developed T Live Streaming by customizing ‘MPEG Media Transport (MMT)’, a standard developed by the Moving Picture Expert Group (MPEG) to the mobile network environment. T Live Streaming realizes real-time streaming by dramatically reducing latency from 15 seconds to 3 seconds.
SK Telecom said that the technology will be applied to other oksusu channels to allow more users to experience true real-time streaming services. In addition, the technology can also be applied to Multi-Channel Networks’ platforms (e.g. individual broadcasting, game broadcasting, etc.) that value real-time feedback from viewers, not only to reduce latency in live broadcasting, but also to increase interactivity with viewers.
Park Jin-hyo, Senior Vice President and Head of Network R&D Center at SK Telecom
SK Telecom continues to enhance users’ mobile live video streaming experience through T Live Streaming, the enabler of true real-time mobile streaming services. While promoting the international standardization of the technology, SK Telecom will also provide T Live Streaming SDK to allow developers to create diverse media solutions.
