Korea Digital TV News

Ubalance partners with MatrixStream to roll out HD 1080p IPTV in South Korea
Sep 7, 2007 – UBalance, a premier IPTV solution provider, has recently partnered with MatrixStream to launch the first Video on Demand (VOD) and live HD 1080p IPTV deployment over a best effort network without QoS (quality of service) in South Korea.
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Korea, Set Top Box, Streaming

Korea Telecom Launches Nationwide IPTV Service
Sep 4, 2007 – Korea Telecom (KT) is taking a big step into the broadcasting market with the commercial launch of its video-on-demand service "Mega TV.''
News categories: Korea Telecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Subscribers

Celrun to target European market with launch of new TD9000 set-top box
Aug 31, 2007 – Celrun (KSE:013240) has announced that the company will demonstrate the interoperability of its IPTV/VoD solution (Celrun TV) with the industry's leading set-top boxes (STBs) at the upcoming IBC exhibition, September 7-11, 2007, Stand no. IP323.
News categories: ATSC 3, Europe, IBCShow, IPTV, Korea, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Portable Video Playback On The Rise Across Asia; GfK Asia Expects Asian Consumers to Purchase More than 10 Million Portable Video Players in 2007
Aug 24, 2007 – GfK Asia releases its 2007 Half Year Pan Asian Consumer Electronics Data Summary, highlighting the trends in the region's consumer electronics sector.
News categories: Asia, Australia, Cambodia, Camcorder, China, Digital TV, DVD, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Optical Disc Recorder, Philippines, Singapore, Smart TV, Tablet, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Set-top Box Exports Will Exceed 1 trillion KRW This Year
Aug 23, 2007 – Korea's set-top box producers are going to record 1 trillion KRW in exports this year for the first time.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Korea, Satellite, Set Top Box

hanarotelecom's 2Q net income turned positive in 2 years
Aug 7, 2007 – hanarotelecom has announced its results for the 2nd quarter of 2007. The number of hanaTV subscribers exceeded 500,000 and hanaTV revenues recorded KRW 7.7 billion in the 2nd quarter, more than double the revenues of the previous quarter.
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

KT Launches Mega TV Utilizing NDS Content Protection
Aug 6, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that it has been selected by KT as the provider of content protection solutions for the company's Mega TV service, as KT announces commercial launch of the service.
News categories: Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Korea

GCT Semiconductor commercializes S-DMB and T-DMB single-chip
Jul 31, 2007 – GCT Semiconductor has announced the commercialization of its first monolithic single chip, GDM7003, capable of receiving media broadcast from both S-DMB and T-DMB. A major Korean handset maker recently began production with the GDM7003.
News categories: GCT Semiconductor, Digital TV, ICs, Korea, Mobile, Satellite, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Korea - Free Mobile Broadcasting Available Nationwide
Jul 30, 2007 – Korea's free cell phone-based video services, called the terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB), will expand its service area to across the country this week.
News categories: Digital TV, Korea, Mobile