SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean mobile carriers’ Internet-based TV businesses have emerged as their stable source of profit on the back of an increase in the number of subscribers, data by the companies showed Friday. The country’s three mobile carriers — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. — saw [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – KT broadcast the opening game of the KT Wiz’s season live through virtual reality (VR), the first mobile 360-degree live broadcast shared on the sports game site. The crowd wore exclusive VR cardboard viewers handed out by KT, and enjoyed a more dynamic view of the game. Even those sitting [...]
SAN RAMON, Calif., Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Further evidence of its international reach and adoption, MoCA® has recently added four new OEMs with headquarters and operations in Africa and Asia. More than 40 percent of membership in the Alliance is by companies outside the U.S, with 21 of 51 total members of international origin. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Various technical regulations that were blocking the diversification of services among pay TV providers such as cable networks (SO) will be moderated. The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning announced that it will be drafting an item on ways to restructure the current regulations. Various technical methods could [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A channel devoted to Korean culture will be launched as part of an Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) service in China in December, run by the country’s state-run broadcaster, its operator said Monday. The Heilongjiang Newspaper, which is in charge of operating the Korean broadcast at China’s CCTV.COM, said it [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) - Samsung Electronics Co. said Sunday it has teamed up with Spanish telecommunications titan Telefonica S.A. to launch an Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) service in Spain. Samsung Electronics explained that the joint service, which began last month, provides access to 119 TV channels and 30 audio channels. Unlike other IPTV services, it does not require a set-top box, which helps cut electricity [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 2 mobile carrier KT Corp. on Thursday unveiled what it claims is the industry’s first IPTV set top box-embedded PC allowing users to reduce space and enjoy various multimedia contents. Developed under collaboration with local tech firm LG Electronics Inc., the device allows users to switch [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — As SK Telecom and LGU Plus halted the broadcasting and Video on demand (VOD) service of three national broadcasters KBS, MBC and SBS on June 22, 4.1 million IPTV subscribers were suddenly cut off from the three broadcasters’ programs. The broadcasters and the two carriers were in talks about [...]
SAN RAMON, Calif., Apr. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The migration toward and adoption of MoCA(R) 2.0 continues to gather traction among operators worldwide. As further demonstrated, certified products incorporating MoCA 2.0 technology outnumber those integrating MoCA 1.1 by a factor of more than three to one. Of the 35 device certifications since the launch of [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — KT, South Korea’s largest telecommunications provider, has pulled off a record-setting viewership for its flagship Internet TV service “Olleh TV”. KT announced on September 15 that the number of VOD transactions for its Olleh TV hit the 300 million marks in last August alone — the largest monthly figure for its popular IPTV service. [...]