BBC Studios and South Korean IPTV service provider KT Corporation is to renew their partnership for Kids Land Nature Encyclopedia Series 3 featuring Pororo, the Little Penguin as the main narrator of BBC Studios natural history content. The series serves as complementary content to the BBC Studios premium natural history documentaries hosted on Olleh TV and will showcase the addition of two titles, namely, Wild Metropolis and Animal Babies: First Year On Earth, along with its original suite of … [Read more...] about BBC Studios and KT Corporation strengthen partnership with ‘Kids Land Nature Encyclopedia Series’ 3
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KT Corporation leaps ahead with Asia Pacific’s first virtualised headend
Synamedia, the world’s largest independent video software provider, announced that KT Corporation, South Korea’s largest telecommunications service provider, will implement the first virtualised headend in the Asia Pacific for its Olleh TV IPTV service. This is the first win for Synamedia with KT’s IPTV business. Following a competitive tender, KT selected Synamedia’s Converged Headend to deliver a virtualized full-stack solution for the delivery of end-to-end IPTV workflows. Synamedia’s … [Read more...] about KT Corporation leaps ahead with Asia Pacific’s first virtualised headend
Korean IPTV to exceed US$7 billion by 2020
South Korea’s never-ending repertoire of Korean drama never fails to bring multitudes of audiences to their screens. Its pay-TV’s continuous growth in IPTV is flourishing, with an expected exceed revenue of US$7 billion by 2020. Many global dramas are still entering the market, with some being localised. Zenith Media expects the global advertising market to grow by US$77 billion from 2015 to 2018, with Indonesia in fourth place contributing to 5% of this extra advertising … [Read more...] about Korean IPTV to exceed US$7 billion by 2020
CBeebies SVOD service goes to South Korea
Seoul, South Korea – BBC Worldwide has announced a deal with KT Corporation, a leading South Korean telecommunications provider, to launch a CBeebies SVOD service on KT olleh TV. Over five million KT olleh TV viewers will have access to the vast library of CBeebies programmes on their IPTV platform, including highly rated pre-school programmes such as Tweenies, Bits … [Read more...] about CBeebies SVOD service goes to South Korea
Streaming into Korea
Ustream Korea, a joint venture recently formed between Korea’s KT Corporation and Japan’s Softbank-owned Ustream Asia, is setting up a legal entity and is expected to launch its services in March. This move is part of KT Corp’s strategy to meet the present converging business environment by developing various new businesses combining new media and contents, such as Ustream Korea, a LIVE interactive video streaming website. Earlier this month, the Korean company appointed Jimmy … [Read more...] about Streaming into Korea
KT Corporation and Asia Broadcast Satellite sign a multi-transponder Condosat agreement
KT Corporation (KT) and Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) announced that they have signed a multi-million dollar deal for multiple C and Ku-band transponders on ABS' satellites, including the new ABS-2 satellite scheduled to be operational by Q1 2013. This will mark the third successful transaction between the two organizations in just over 12 months with the earlier agreements for the sale and purchase of two Koreasat satellites. The ABS-2 satellite will be one of the most powerful commercial … [Read more...] about KT Corporation and Asia Broadcast Satellite sign a multi-transponder Condosat agreement
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