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ANT strengthens its presence in Korea

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Nov 9, 2005

ANT has recently announced three new customers in Korea that have licensed ANT Galio through the company's relationship with Micro Network - Kaon Media, Homecast and InfoEq.

ANT has recently announced three new customers in Korea that have licensed ANT Galio through the company's relationship with Micro Network - Kaon Media, Homecast and InfoEq.

"Micro Network is a well respected company in Korea with excellent links into the Korea digital TV market", said Stephen Reeder, Executive Director, Sales and Marketing at ANT.

"Their positioning, coupled with our growing presence in the Asia Pacific region, is a natural fit for both companies".

"ANT delivers powerful set-top box and TV UI applications, providing proven solutions that are a great attraction to many customers in the Korea market as demonstrated by the design wins with these major IP set-top box companies", said J.H.

Jang, President and CEO, Micro Network Korea.

"ANT's worldwide brand and leading technology, together with our own capabilities, is proving to be a real winner in Korea".

ANT's three new customers in Korea include Kaon Media, a Korean R and D and manufacturing company, focused on the digital terrestrial and satellite broadcasting receiver sector, which has licensed ANT Galio for integration into an IP set-top box and personal video recorder (PVR).

The products will be targeted to operator customers in Europe, the Middle East, India, Korea and China.

Homecast, a global set-top-box supplier in Korea focused on research, development and manufacturing of receivers for digital satellite, terrestrial and cable broadcasting, will also target Europe, the Middle East, India, Korea and China with an IP set-top box featuring ANT Galio.

InfoEQ is a leading manufacturer of IP set-top boxes and video on demand systems in Korea.

The company will use ANT Galio in targeting customers in Japan and Korea with a new IP set-top box.

ANT Galio provides a new IPTV Client Software Platform for highly dynamic user experiences.

It enables fast, compact and easy-to-build, mixed-media IPTV applications, combining local device set-up menus and controls with interactive applications and EPGs.

This flexibility provides operators with the ability to evolve their service offerings to meet new heights of customer service delivery.

ANT continues to expand its presence in Asia Pacific as this announcement follows news that its Fresco browser and PurePlay digital media manager technology have been licensed by Askey Computer Corp and Alpha Networks, both of Taiwan, for integration into IPTV set-top boxes.

In addition, Coship, one of the largest set-top box manufacturers in China, has licensed ANT Fresco to target global IP STB market opportunities, primarily in Europe and Asia.