Seoul- Secured Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (S-DMB) devices in Korea have exceeded 3 million, according to content security provider Irdeto. And that doesn’t include other secure or non-secure devices in the Korean market. As the supplier of surface mounted device (SMDs) chips and subscriber identity modules (SIMs) for mobile devices that support TU Media’s S-DMB service, Irdeto also reported TU Media has 1.1 million subscribers, with take-up averaging 1,600 new subscribers per day since its launch in May 2005. Irdeto provides conditional access (CA) technology to manage users’ access to TU Media’s 15 video and 19 audio broadcast channels on some 90 different devices including phones, PDAs, in-car devices and portable multimedia players. It also provides its solutions to device manufacturers Samsung, LG and Motorola. In maximizing ARPU and reach to relevant market segments, TU Media offers multiple usage models which Irdeto’s CA technology supports, including subscription, pre-paid, pay per time, impulse pay per view and ordered pay per view.