Although the Korean government is still unsure how to bring IPTV to Korea without agitating the traditional cable providers too much they have allowed several companies to begin testing their service. I had a chance to sit down with a representative of hanaTV who told me about hanaTV’s features and its current [...]
UBillion’s IPTV entertainment and service platform dubbed UB-IPTV delivers a variety of content and services. It is also the control center for UBillion’s home automation features.
UB-IPTV delivers the typical services such as movies and TV, but also offers games, e-mail, music downloads, and the ability to surf the net. Although noticeably lacking [...]
UBillion’s IPTV based home automation system is currently being tested in Korea as part of the Fifth Ubiquitous City program. Aside from offering IPTV entertainment service the UBillion network allows users to control their home automation system from their TV.
The home automation system uses a small remote and keyboard to control the [...]
I found the Korean company UTAS kicking back with their feet up in a ‘futuristic living room’ display at this years KES. They where showing off their new Caviar Intelligent Digital Home Controller which uses IR to control home entertainment electronics. Providing you have some compatible home automation features it can also [...]