Korea Digital TV News

CJ HelloVision and HCN plan 3D TV in Korea
Jan 13, 2010 – Following on from the announcement from SkyLife that it will be launching 3D TV in Korea, cable TV companies CJ HelloVision and HCN have said that they will start trial 3D broadcasts sometime during the latter half of this year.
News categories: CJ HelloVision, HCN, Cable TV, Digital TV, Korea, Metaverse

TV Makers Looking to New Designs and Features to Break out of Commodity Trap
Dec 30, 2009 – According to DisplaySearch, TV manufacturers are developing a wide variety of design features to differentiate products and slow price declines. For example, in 2010, shipments of sets with MPEG-4 decoders will surpass those with MPEG-2.
News categories: DisplaySearch, ATSC 3, China, Digital TV, Europe, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Metaverse, North America, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

LG Electronics Takes The Lead In 3D TV Through Partnership With SkyLife
Dec 15, 2009 – LG (Seoul: 066570) and Korea Digital Satellite Broadcasting (SkyLife) have signed an agreement for a strategic partnership to take the lead in the 3D TV industry, working closely together to set industry standards and on promotional activity.
News categories: LG Electronics, SkyLife, Digital TV, Korea, Metaverse, Satellite, Smart TV

Korea to launch DMB 2.0 interactive services
Nov 26, 2009 – Korea's six terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) operators plan to introduce 'DMB 2.0' mobile internet-based interactive services such as e-commerce, stock updates and personal video recordings in December.
News categories: Korea, Mobile

Asia-Pac IPTV Subs to Hit 9.4 Million This Year
Nov 25, 2009 – According to Frost & Sullivan, the Asia-Pacific IPTV subscriber base is expected to grow by 51 percent in 2009 to close at 9.4 million users, making the region the second largest IPTV market in the world by the end of this year.
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Australia, China, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Subscribers, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

KT QOOK TV passes 1 million subscriber mark
Nov 9, 2009 – KT Corporation (KRX:030200/NYSE:KTC) has announced that subscribers to its QOOK TV television service in Korea have passed the 1 million mark.
News categories: KT Corp, IPTV, Korea, Subscribers

SK broadband adds 35,000 IPTV subscribers in 3Q09
Nov 6, 2009 – SK broadband (KOSDAQ: 033630) has announced results for the third quarter of 2009. Subscribers to SK broadband's broad&tv IPTV service increased by 35,000 in the quarter to reach 810,000 at the end of the period.
News categories: SK broadband, Fibre, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

KT adds 183,000 Qook TV subscribers in 3Q09
Nov 3, 2009 – Korea Telecom (KT) [KRX:030200/NYSE:KTC] has released its 3rd Quarter 2009 results. Mega-TV IPTV subscribers reached 907,000 at the end of September 2009, up 183,000 in the quarter.
News categories: KT Corp, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

Q2-09 was a Record-Setting Mobile TV Quarter
Oct 28, 2009 – Issue No. 10 of the quarterly TeleAnalytics Mobile TV Tracking Service (TMTS) quantitatively substantiates the position taken back in Q3-08 that the worldwide Mobile TV adoption/sales would not be much upset by the financial crisis.
News categories: TeleAnalytics, 5G, Brazil, China, Digital TV, Europe, ISDB-T, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Russia, SBTVD, USA