SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The upcoming 2018 PyeongChang Olympics will likely be a showcase of South Korean know-how in state-of-the-art information and communication technology (ICT), with mobile operators and carmakers to highlight their prowess at the world’s biggest winter sports competition. KT Corp., the country’s No. 1 fixed-line Internet operator, will test run [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. started official sales of its latest TV model that resembles a piece of artwork hung on a wall in South Korea, showcasing its newest innovation in the company’s home market. “The Frame,” which won an innovation award at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Broadcasters Association announced on Wednesday the launch of ultra-high-definition broadcasts by three major broadcasters – KBS, MBC and SBS. UHD broadcasts provide four times the resolution of the current high-definition broadcasts, and viewers can experience various IP-based services when they connect their TVs to the Internet, officials [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it will roll out a new micro secure digital (SD) memory card with 128GB capacity that comes with a faster data transmission speed to handle Ultra HD video content. The South Korean tech giant, which released 32GB and 63GB editions of the PRO Plus [...]
DAEJEON, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire)– A Korean research company has succeeded in developing Layered Division Multiplexing(LDM) technology that can broadcast Ultra High Definition(UHD) and mobile High Definition(HD) quality programs at the same time. The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute(ETRI) announced that it has developed the next free network broadcasting system with ‘Clever Logic’, and succeeded [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has demonstrated a digital transmission of a high-imaging ultra-high definition (UHD) TV in Luxembourg, as it seeks to pave the way for setting global standards with the advanced visual technology. Samsung rehearsed a transmission of digital content that has [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Broadband will begin its service of up-scaling full HD video contents into ultra HD images with its proprietary solution offering UHD experience with existing full HD videos for the first time in the industry. Korea’s second-largest broadband Internet service provider in terms of the number of subscribers plans to offer Hollywood [...]