Humax

Humax Co. Ltd.
Company type	Public
Traded as	KRX: 115160
Industry	Consumer electronics
Founded	February 1989; 35 years ago
Headquarters	Seongnam, South Korea
Key people	Dae Gyu Byun (Chairman, Founder); Tae Hun Kim (CEO)
Products	Consumer electronics including set-top boxes, video gateways, broadband gateways
Website	[1]

Humax (Korean: 휴맥스) is a consumer electronics company. Founded in South Korea in 1989, it manufactures set-top boxes, digital video recorders and other consumer electronics. It is publicly traded on KOSDAQ.

Listed on the Korean stock exchange (KOSDAQ), Humax Co. Ltd of Korea is one of the world's leading digital set-top box manufacturers, exporting its products to more than 90 countries across the globe.^{[citation needed]} The company's international headquarters and R&D facility is based in Korea, with offices in UK (England and Northern Ireland), Germany, Italy, France, Poland, Dubai, India, Thailand, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, US, Mexico, Brazil, Sweden, China and Spain. The global network now includes countries in Europe, North Africa, Russia, East Asia and Australia.

In 1997, the company opened a manufacturing facility in Northern Ireland which won a Queen's Award for Enterprise – International Trade 2002, but which has since closed. Additional production facilities are located in Korea, Poland (2004), India and China. Humax recorded revenues $1 billion in 2010.^{[citation needed]}

Humax is a member of the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) consortium of broadcasting and Internet industry companies that is promoting and establishing an open European standard (called HbbTV) for hybrid set-top boxes for the reception of broadcast TV and broadband multimedia applications with a single user interface.

Humax was involved in the UK digital switchover trials in 2006 and the UK's Freesat digital TV service and Freeview HD services. It also manufactures YouView set-top boxes for BT and Plusnet's IPTV and Freeview television services.

Milestones edit

March 2012 - Wins tender of the Russian Government to deploy receivers for the DVB-T2 digital broadcasting format.
May 2010 - Opens office in Russia & France / Records $1 Billion in exports.
May 2007 - Establishes subsidiary in Thailand
May 2006 - Establishes subsidiary in Poland
December 2005 - Establishes subsidiary in Hong Kong
September 2004 - Opens office in Shenzhen, China
August 2003 - Establishes subsidiary in New Delhi, India
February 2002 - Opens sales office in London, UK.
November 2001 - Records $200 million in exports. Establishes a subsidiary in Tokyo, Japan.
November 2000 - Records $100 million in exports.
January 2000 - Establishes a subsidiary in Frankfurt, Germany.
December 1999 - Establishes a subsidiary in Dubai, UAE. Develops and ships set-top boxes for digital cable TV service.
May 1997 - Establishes a subsidiary in Belfast, UK.
April 1997 - Listed on the KOSDAQ.
September 1996 - Develops and ships set-top boxes for digital satellite broadcasting.
1994 - Focuses business activities on digital home appliances.
May 1992 - Ships home karaoke machines.
February 1989 - Conin System Co, Ltd. founded by 7 graduates (all holding master's degrees or Ph.Ds.) from Seoul National University, Dep't of Control and Instrumentation.^{[citation needed]}

Products edit

The Netherlands edit

IRHD-5300C
IHDR-5200C
IRHD-5100C
IHDR-5050C
HD-FOX C DELTA, special designed for Delta

UK edit

FVP-5000T (Freeview Play Recorder)
HDR-2000T (Freeview HD TV Recorder)
HDR-1800T (Freeview HD TV Recorder)
HDR-1100S (Freesat HD TV Recorder)
DTR-T2000 (YouView+ HD TV Recorder)
HD-FOX T2 (FreeView+HD TVRecorder/FreeviewHD Box)

Germany edit

iCord HD+ (IP Hybrid PVR)
iCord HD
HD-FOX+ (IP Hybrid HD)
HD-FOX
PDR-iCord HD

Brazil (for NET)

HG100R-L2
HG100R-L4
HGB10R-02^[2]^{[better source needed]}
HGJ310^[3]

Middle East edit

iCord HD
iCord HD+ (IP Hybrid PVR)
IR1010HD
IR1020HD
IR2000HD
IR2020HD
IR3000HD
IR3020HD
IR3025HD
IR3100HD
HD-FREE
IR-FREE

Italy edit

HD-5700T
HD-5600S

Japan edit

CI-S1 (Car - Digital TV Tuner)^[4]

Thailand edit

Special designed for TrueVisions edit

IR-H100S
IR-H101
IR-H102S
PVR-H100
HD-2000S
HD-5000S
HD-H200S
HD-H10S

Turkey edit

HM 9502 HD
HM 9503 HD

United States edit

Google Fiber GFHD100^[5]
Spectrum 210/201 DVR and 110/101 HD
DirecTV Genie and Genie 2 DVR
AT&T Fiber BGW320-500

References edit

^ "Humax".
^ "Search results". www.google.com. ^{[better source needed]}
^ "Humax HGJ310 | Claro".
^ "Humax".
^ Google Fiber GFHD100 'IP set-top box' breezes through the FCC, doesn't say where it's headed, Engaget, 2012

External links edit

Official website

[1] "Humax".

[2] "Search results". www.google.com. ^{[better source needed]}

[3] "Humax HGJ310 | Claro".

[4] "Humax".

[5] Google Fiber GFHD100 'IP set-top box' breezes through the FCC, doesn't say where it's headed, Engaget, 2012

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