| Humax Inks Deal With DirecTV for Digital Satellite Set Top Boxes |
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| Home Theater News Cable-Satellite Receiver-DVR-PVR News | |
| Written by AVRev.com | |
| Tuesday, 01 March 2005 | |
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Humax
has disclosed that it has entered into a development and supply
agreement with DirecTV. The agreements encompass various set top box
models including a portion of the entry-level receivers that will
feature interactive services and an HDTV receiver capable of receiving
MPEG 4 broadcasts due to ship later in the year. In addition, Humax is
producing the new DirecTV DVR, also due out later this year.
Dr. Dae Gyu Byun, Chairman and CEO of Humax Co. LTD, says, “Humax is proud to be added to the roster of DirecTV approved vendors, it’s an important milestone in our history. Our business is very much aligned with DirecTV; Humax was born as a Satellite set top box manufacturer and continues to gain market share worldwide in this segment. Our experience in this space, combined with a dedicated and knowledgeable staff, will prove to be very valuable to this relationship.” Romulo Pontual, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of DirecTV, said, "DirecTV is poised to introduce several compelling new products and services in 2005. We are pleased to have Humax as a partner to develop and manufacturer set top boxes for DirecTV. Humax brings years of proven cost effective set top box design and manufacturing." Like this article? Bookmark and share with any of the sites below.        |
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