Kaon Media ( ko, 가온미디어) is a South Korean technology company,
which specialises in the development and manufacturing of digital connectivity devices (including
set-top box
A set-top box (STB), also colloquially known as a cable box and historically television decoder, is an information appliance device that generally contains a TV-tuner input and displays output to a television set and an external source of sign ...
es) and
residential gateway
A residential gateway is a small consumer-grade gateway which bridges network access between connected local area network (LAN) hosts to a wide area network (WAN) (such as the Internet) via a modem, or directly connects to a WAN (as in EttH), wh ...
s for
pay-TV operator,
broadband operators and
telcos. It provides digital broadcasting services to more than 120 operators in 80 countries. The company is based in
Sungnam city, South Korea and was founded in 2001.
In November 2013, KAONMEDIA announced that it has started to provide
Android set-top boxes, with the latest Google services for TV, on South Korean broadband; this is the world's first commercial launch of IPTV with the latest Android OS (Jellybean 4.2).
In February 2021, the company partnered with Minim and Irdeto to preintegrate their Trusted Home solution into its cable gateway.
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Mass media companies of South Korea
Seongnam
Companies based in Gyeonggi Province
Interactive television
Television technology
Digital television
Internet broadcasting
Streaming television
Multimedia
Streaming media systems
Video on demand services
South Korean companies established in 2001