HUMAX joins Frog by Wyplay

MARSEILLE, France & BUNDANG, Korea — TV Connect 2015 — Wyplay, creator of software solutions for leading pay-TV operators, and HUMAX Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:115160), a leading global set-top-box company, today announced that HUMAX has become a Licensee of the Frog open-source STB client middleware solution.

Frog is based on Wyplay’s software for digital TV client devices and TV operators’ backends, the source code of which is shared among a growing community of more than 80 licensee companies, including chipset vendors, device manufacturers, independent software vendors, software services providers, and operators.

“We are delighted to join the Frog Community.” said Jeff Kim, President of HUMAX Europe. “With our strong presence in the global market, the partnership with Wyplay will expand our business area and open new business opportunities. HUMAX believes Wyplay will play a significant role in addressing the needs of operators across the world by providing a new range of open source middleware on the HUMAX platform.”

“We warmly welcome HUMAX as a new member of the Frog Community. As a global player, their commitment to Frog extends the reach of the whole community in terms of addressable market and offers pay TV operators a reliable source of high performing Frog-enabled set-top-boxes with a rich set of features.” said Wyplay CEO Jacques Bourgninaud.

The full source code and technical documentation of the Frog middleware are available to licensees on the Frog Community Portal.

Wyplay and HUMAX are exhibiting during the TV connect at the London Excel from April 28th to 30th on their respective booths (HUMAX – 51, Wyplay – MR32).