Singapore – Tandberg Television announced that SK Broadband, South Korea’s second largest broadband provider, is deploying a TANDBERG Television IPTV head end, which includes HD and SD MPEG-4 AVC encoding. This solution will enable SK Broadband to launch linear broadcast television services in 2009, following the recent granting of regulatory approval for Korean IPTV providers to introduce broadcast services to complement existing video on demand content. SK Broadband (formerly Hanaro Telecom, now part of SK), intends to introduce 30 standard-definition and 10 HD channels initially. And KT, Korea’s leading integrated wired/wireless communications service provider, has selected a Tandberg Television IPTV head end to support the growth of its Mega TV IPTV service. Mega TV has over 700,000 subscribers and provides interactive and pay per view services, including movies on-demand. Regulatory changes in Korea mean IPTV providers are now allowed to offer broadcast services to complement their existing VOD. Korea Telecom already uses a wide range of Tandberg head end and C&D (Contribution & Distribution) equipment for the Mega TV IPTV service.