[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]At IFA 2013 in Berlin, the chief executive of LG’s Home Entertainment Company revealed that the company will expand the global rollout of its OLED TVs to several markets throughout Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the CIS region before the end of the year. Moreover, the company’s 55- and 65-inch ULTRA HD TVs — the first ever models to be equipped with HEVC decoders — will be launched in 50 countries this year and LG will expand its strategic cooperative efforts with broadcasters and other partners to accelerate the growth of ULTRA HD content. “With the deman
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]WTF President Chungwon Choue poses with new IOC President Thomas Bach of Germany and WTF Secretary General Jean-Marie Ayer at a dinner reception at the Yacht Club Puerto Madero in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Sept. 10, 2013. The IOC elected Bach as the ninth IOC president at its Session on the same day.
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]New IOC President Thomas Bach of Germany applauses together with other IOC members shortly after conferring an order of merit on the outgoing IOC President Jacques Rogge during the IOC session at the Hilton Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Sept. 10, 2013.
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) Thammasat University, the second-oldest institute of higher learning in Thailand, has implemented an enhanced wired and wireless network to enable anytime, anywhere connectivity across two campuses. Using Cisco Unified Access™ solutions within the Enterprise Networks architecture, Thammasat University will provide an intelligent network platform that can enable connected experiences and operational efficiencies for the school. The university is also one of the first in Thailand to be completely IPv6 enabled. The highly secure, intelligent network acro
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]LG Electronics (LG) is bringing popular family-friendly video games Skylanders Battlegrounds and Where’s My Mickey? to its CINEMA 3D Smart TV platform. Demonstrated for the first time at IFA 2013, the fun, family-friendly titles can be played using the intuitive LG Magic Remote. These games will be made available this holiday season in the LG Smart TV Game World app store. “At LG, we’re committed to providing LG CINEMA 3D Smart TV users with a truly diverse range of entertainment options, suitable for the entire family,” said Richard Choi, senior vice president of the Sma
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]LG Electronics marked another milestone today by unveiling the world’s largest Ultra High Definition (or ULTRA HD) OLED TV at IFA, the largest consumer electronics and appliance trade show in Europe. LG’s 77-inch ULTRA HD CURVED OLED TV follows in the footsteps of the company’s 55-inch CURVED OLED TV, which was introduced to the public just eight months ago at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. “LG was proud to be the first company to commercially launch an OLED TV and we are once again setting our sights high with the ULTRA HD CURVED OLED TV,” said Havis Kwon, p
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Ooyala, the leading innovator in premium video publishing, analytics and monetization today released the results of a survey that revealed many of its customers were able to increase views and revenue using Ooyala video technology. Two thirds of surveyed customers, when asked about video views, responded that they saw views increase 30-40 percent or more with Ooyala. In addition, customers responding to a question about revenue generation revealed revenue increases from 10 percent to as high as 50 percent. The survey, validated by TechValidate, a third-party research orga
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Artillery, the Silicon Valley startup that is turning the modern web browser into a gaming console, today announced that Sean “Day9” Plott, a prominent figure in the global gaming and eSports community, has joined Artillery as Head of Games along with co-founder Eric Burkhart as Head of Growth. Plott and Burkhart will team with Artillery‘s existing lineup of world class talent including a number of former Google and Facebook employees to help execute Artillery’s vision to transform the browser into a gaming console. Plott, known as Day9 to industry followers, is a major i
[By NBC-1TV H, J Yook]“It’s been a long time since we worked in partnership with renowned companies in Asia. Since we have a unique model and patent, we have a strong foundation. We’ll advance reasonably step by step. We made global enterprises use ours beyond borders. We’ll keep doing that”, says Soyoung Park, CEO of PayGate. She goes forward to the top in the world. - Exploring a new market / Growing as a global leader in Payment Gateway Pay Gate has been doing only one business for 15 years, which isn’t a short time since it was established in 1998. Pay Gate is in partnership with Alipay Ch
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]At IFA 2013 in Berlin, LG Electronics (LG) is showcasing its latest lineup of side-by-side and bottom freezer refrigerators which offer consumers more energy savings and greater convenience than ever before. LG’s side-by-side refrigerators are equipped with convenience enhancing features such as Door-in-Door™ for quick access to favorite snacks and drinks. Door-in-Door™ comes with handy customizable basket sections, enabling family members to have their very own storage compartments. The energy efficient bottom-freezer models incorporate the Total No Frost feature, which