Kaon Media () is a South Korean technology company,
which specialises in the development and manufacturing of digital connectivity devices (including
set-top box
A set-top box (STB), also known as a cable converter box, cable box, receiver, or simply box, and historically television decoder or a converter, is an information appliance device that generally contains a Tuner (radio)#Television, TV tuner inpu ...
es) and
residential gateway
A residential gateway is a small consumer-grade gateway which bridges network access between connected local area network (LAN) hosts to a wide area network (WAN) (such as the Internet) via a modem, or directly connects to a WAN (as in EttH), ...
s for
pay-TV operator,
broadband operators and
telcos.
History
The company is based in
Seongnam
Seongnam (; ) is the fourth largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province after Suwon and the 10th largest city in the country. Its population is approximately one million. It consists of three administrative districts: Bundang District, J ...
city, South Korea and was founded in 2001. It provides digital broadcasting services to more than 120 operators in 80 countries.
In November 2013, KAONMEDIA announced that it has started to provide
Android set-top boxes, with the latest Google services for TV, on South Korean broadband; this is the world's first commercial launch of IPTV with the latest Android OS (Jellybean 4.2).
In February 2021, the company partnered with Minim and Irdeto to preintegrate their Trusted Home solution into its cable gateway.
See also
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Quickplay Media
References
External links
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TVE & UniTV
{{Home theater PC (application software)
Seongnam
Interactive television
Streaming media systems
Video on demand services
Mass media companies of South Korea
Companies based in Gyeonggi Province
South Korean companies established in 2001