Humax

Humax

Type	Public
Industry	Consumer electronics
Founded	February, 1989
Headquarters	South Korea
Key people	Dae Gyu Byun (CEO)
Products	Consumer Electronics including set-top boxes, IP Hybrid set-top boxes, digital video recorders, and Car set-top box
Website	http://www.humaxdigital.com

Humax is an 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. The company's international headquarters and R&D facility are based in Korea, with offices in Dubai, Germany, India, Italy, France, Japan, Thailand, Australia, Hong Kong, the UK, and the US.

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. US headquarters are located in Irvine, California.

Humax is a member of the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) consortium of broadcasting and Internet industry companies (also including SES, Philips, OpenTV and ANT Software) 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 has been involved in the UK digital switchover trials in 2006 and Premiere's High Definition launch. Humax was also involved in the UK's new Freesat digital TV service and the launch of the new Freeview HD service.

Milestones

HDR-FOX T2

iCord HD+

• 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, England.
• 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 Northern Ireland, the 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.

Products

UK

• HD FOX T2 (Freeview)
• HDR-FOX T2 (IP Hybrid PVR)(Freeview)
• Foxsat HD (Freesat)
• Foxsat HDR (Freesat)

Germany

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

Middle East

• iCord HD+ (IP Hybrid PVR)
• IR1010HD
• IR-FREE

Italy

• HD-5700T
• HD-5600S

Japan

• CI-S1 (Car - Digital TV Tuner) http://www.humaxdigital.com/japan/Products/product_DTTtuner_CI-S1.asp

See also

• Freeview+
• Freesat
• set-top box
• PVR
• DVR

External links

• Official website
• HUMAX UK
• German HUMAX Germany
• HUMAX Middle East
• English HUMAX USA
• Italian HUMAX Italy
• Japanese HUMAX Japan
• iCord HD Forum
• HUMAX Direct
• UK Where to buy
• Hummy.tv Forum