Company History
History
Our Company is Established to make broadcasting-quality equipments such as encoders and decoders.

Established on 15th of Dec, 2014

To make Ultra HD broadcast equipment for UHDTV service deployment

2015

Jan: Invested by KST holdings
Mar: Chosen as the hundredth "Research Institute Spin-off company" by INNOPOLIS Foundation
Apr: 4K real-time professional decoder, NAB 2015
Sep: HD-UHD up-converter (Non real-time)
Oct: 4K real-time encoder announced, SMPTE 2015

2016

Apr: ATSC 3.0 compliant 4K real-time encoder, NAB
May: Major Terrestrial Broadcasters demonstrated 4K UHD with our BGE9000, 4K real-time encoder, KOBA
May: ATSC 3.0 UHD Encoder supplied - Fraunhofer (MPEG-H audio)
Jul: World First 4K real-time transmission for commercial Cable and IPTV live broadcasting - PyeongChang Music Festival
Sep: Grand Prize "Digital Innovation 2016 for IT" sponsored by the Hankook Daily News
Oct: HD-UHD up/down converter supplied - SBS
Nov: ATSC 3.0 Pro-decoder announced, NAB NY 2016
Nov: ATSC 3.0 Decoder supplied - MBC

2017

Feb: ATSC 3.0 4K Real-time Encoder supplied - MBC
Feb: ATSC 3.0 4K Decoder supplied - KBS
Mar: Bi-Directional HD-UHD Up/Down Cross-Converter announced
Apr: World First ATSC 3.0 RF 4K UHD Receiver Decoder (IRD) announced, NAB 2017
May: ATSC 3.0 4K Real-time Encoder supplied - SBS
May: ATSC 3.0 4K Encoder supplied - Dolby Laboratoried (AC-4)
May: ATSC 3.0 4K Decoder supplied - SBG
May: ATSC 3.0 Encoder applied to MBC & SBS for World First Commercial Terrestrial Broadcasting Service
Jun: 4K Encoder/Decoder supplied - SK Broadband
Sep: ATSC 3.0 4K Real-time Encoder supplied - MBC located on 5 Metro cities of Korea
Sep: ATSC 3.0 4K Decoder supplied - MBC on Metro cities, G1, KBC, TJB Terrestrials
Oct: ATSC 3.0 4K Real-time Encoder supplied - MBC on Winter Olympic area
Oct: 4K Encoder/Decoder supplied - SK Broadband
Oct: ATSC 3.0 4K Real-time Encoder supplied - EBS
Nov: Prime Minister Prize "Radio Broadcasting 2017 for New Technology" sponsored by the Ministry of Science and ICT (ATSC 3.0 4K Decoder)
Nov: ATSC 3.0 4K Decoder supplied - MBC on Winter Olympic area

2018

Jan: HD-UHD Up/Down converter supplied - KBS on 5 Metro cities of Korea
Feb: ETRI UWV (12K UHD) encoder support during Winter Olympic Games
Feb: The first ever over-the-air broadcast of the new Dolby AC4 format with DS Broadcast's ATSC 3.0 Encoder by WRAL TV
Feb: "Technology commercialization business 2017" prize sponsored by the INNOPOLIS Foundation

2019

Apr: 4K Contribution Codec announced - NAB 2019
Sep: The first ATSC 3.0 HFR broadcast with DS Broadcast in Phoenix (under the Phoenix Model Market project)
Oct: ATSC 3.0 HFR Encoder announced - NAB NY 2019