Digital TV News: Hanaro

SK Broadband Selects Harmonic for the World's Largest Commercial Launch of Cable IPTV to Date
May 27, 2009 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIT) has announced that SK Broadband (KOSDAQ:033630) has deployed Harmonic's Direct-2-Edge (D2E) solution, for the world's largest commercial launch of cable IPTV to date, across its cable, xDSL, and FTTx access networks.
News categories: Harmonic Inc, SK Broadband, ANGA COM, Cable TV, Content Distribution, DOCSIS, Fibre, IPTV, Korea

SK Broadband achieves sales of KRW 1861.4 Billion in 2008
Feb 6, 2009 – SK Broadband (formerly Hanarotelecom) [KOSDAQ: 033630] has announced results for the fourth quarter of 2008. broad&tv IPTV subscribers were up 6,782 in the quarter, though down 31.8 thousand year-on-year, giving 775,407 at year-end.
News categories: SK Broadband, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

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, OTT, Results, Subscribers

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

Hanaro Posts Revenues of KRW 493 Billion for the First Quarter of 2008
Apr 28, 2008 – hanarotelecom (KOSDAQ: 033630) has announced results for the first quarter of 2008. hanaTV recently reached 900,000 subscribers on a cumulative basis, strengthening the position as a leading player in IPTV.
News categories: Hanaro, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

Sigma Introduces Next Generation IPTV Media Processor
Apr 14, 2008 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) has announced that it has begun sampling its new SMP8654 media processor SoC, designed for the next generation of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) set-top boxes.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, IPTV, NABShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Hanaro Successfully Achieves a Turnaround, Posting Net Income and Record-High Revenues for 2007
Feb 22, 2008 – hanaTV posted revenues of KRW 21 billion for 4Q07 and KRW 47 billion for the full year, and acquired 810,000 subscribers on a cumulative basis as of the end of 2007, strengthening the position as a leading player in IPTV.
News categories: Hanaro, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

Hanaro Records Net Income for Two Consecutive Quarters, Well Poised to Post a Turnaround for the Year 2007
Nov 6, 2007 – hanaTV revenues doubled QoQ to KRW 15.3 billion, and it has rolled out new value-added services including karaoke and launched customized advertising services after securing a sizable subscriber base of 500,000 in 3Q 2007.
News categories: Hanaro, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

Sigma Designs to Showcase IPTV Set-Top Box and UWB Wireless Solutions at TelcoTV 2007
Oct 24, 2007 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) has announced that it will conduct a range of IPTV and UWB wireless technology demonstrations of the company's media processor and software solutions at TelcoTV 2007.
News categories: Sigma Designs, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home