Korea Digital TV News

SK broadband Posts Revenues of KRW 447.8 Billion for the Third Quarter of 2008
Oct 30, 2008 – SK broadband (KOSDAQ: 033630) has announced its results for the third quarter of 2008. SK broadband's 'broad&tv' service had acquired about 760,000 subscribers by the end of September 2008. Full IPTV is planned for December.
News categories: SK broadband, IPTV, Korea, Results, Streaming, Subscribers

Korea - Digital TV Promotion Organisation Launches
Oct 30, 2008 – An alliance, named "DTV Korea," has been launched to prepare for the conversion to digital of Korea's terrestrial TV services by 2012.
News categories: DTV Korea, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Korea, Terrestrial

LG Dacom launches 'myLGtv' triple play
Oct 20, 2008 – LG Dacom (Seoul:015940) has launched its IPTV service in South Korea. The product, branded myLGtv, is bundled with Dacom's broadband and internet telephone services to complete its triple-play offering.
News categories: LG Dacom, myLGtv, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea

Over Two Million SmarDTV CableCARDs Deployed Worldwide
Sep 30, 2008 – SmarDTV (SWX:KUD.VX) has announced that more than 2 million of its CableCARDs have been deployed worldwide. SmarDTV also announced the opening of a new regional office located in Seoul.
News categories: SmarDTV, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, Korea, Middleware, Peripherals / Accessories, Smart TV, USA

Korea - KT, LG Dacom and Hanaro Telecom Granted IPTV Service Rights
Sep 8, 2008 – Korea's three leading communication service providers (KT, LG Dacom and Hanaro Telecom) have won the right to provide IPTV services. Commercial IPTV services are expected to begin next month.
News categories: Korea Communications Commission, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Regulation

From 26.3 Million Mobile TV Users in 2007 to 51.6 Million at the End of 2008
Sep 4, 2008 – On the basis of monthly adoption data for all commercial broadcast Mobile TV networks, Issue No 5 of the quarterly TeleAnalytics Mobile TV Tracking Service calculates that the end 2008 Mobile TV user count will be 51.6 million.
News categories: TeleAnalytics, Austria, Brazil, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Netherlands, Peripherals / Accessories, Smart TV, Subscribers, Switzerland, USA

Korea - DMB receiver sales reach 13.69 million
Aug 3, 2008 – The number of DMB-enabled receivers sold in Korea reached 13.69 million in June - there were six million T-DMB mobile-phones and 1.31 million S-DMB receivers. The rest are split between in-car navigation systems, PMPs, USB devices, and laptops.
News categories: Automotive, Digital TV, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Tablet

Korea Telecom MegaTV reaches 700,000 subscribers
Jul 25, 2008 – KT Corporation (Seoul:030200)(NYSE:KTC) has published its second quarter 2008 business report. KT reached 705,856 subscribers for its 'MegaTV' IPTV service at the end of the quarter, up from 567,230 at the end of March.
News categories: KT Corp, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

Asia-Pacific Continues to Lead in FTTH Market Penetration
Jul 23, 2008 – Asia consolidated its position as the global leader in next-generation broadband while the United States and Europe also continued to experience robust growth in FTTH, according to the FTTH Councils of Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America.
News categories: FTTH Council, Broadband, China, Denmark, Fibre, Hong Kong, Iceland, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Slovenia, Subscribers, Sweden, Taiwan, USA