Broadcom 4K Set-top Box Powers Korea Telecom's Ultra HD IPTV Service

Korea Telecom (KT), South Korea's largest telecommunications provider, has selected Broadcom's 4K Ultra high-definition (HD) Set-Top Box to launch one of the nation's first 4K in-home IPTV media service. The new Olleh GiGA UHD(4K) Set-top Box with system-on-chip (SoC) technology allows subscribers to search for programs via voice commands and check for live statistics during sporting event broadcasts.

Korea Telecom plans to launch a variety of programming options, offering more than 500 Ultra HD program choices by the end of this year.

Broadcom, a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, announcing this at the IBC, said that with its complete portfolio of HEVC-enabled devices, operators can substantially reduce the bandwidth required for Ultra HD or HD content transmission over IP, cable or satellite networks, and deliver these services to more locations throughout the home.

Broadcom added that leveraging its advanced compression and decoding technology, Korea Telecom's Olleh GiGA UHD(4K) set-top box (STB) delivers fluid 60 frame-per-second (fps) video with vivid 10-bit color at 4X the resolution conventional HD displays.