Two leading national organizations have held a forum to discuss ways to facilitate the launch of digital broadcasting services.

At the forum organized by the Korean Association for Broadcasting and Telecommunication Studies and the Korea Broadcasting Advertising Corporation, experts from various fields met Tuesday and discussed how to efficiently review advertising in an era of convergence between broadcasting and telecommunications.

Participants stressed the need to win public support for the launch of digital broadcasting services in 2012 by establishing specific goals for the move and analyzing and presenting the merits of such services.

The experts also urged the distribution of digital TVs as broadcasters will stop transmitting analog TV signals by the end of 2012.