SK Broadband is deploying a TANDBERG Television IPTV head end, which includes HD and SD MPEG-4 AVC encoding. This solution will enable SK Broadband to launch linear broadcast television services in 2009, following the recent granting of regulatory approval for Korean IPTV providers to introduce broadcast services to complement existing video on demand content. SK Broadband, intends to introduce 30 standard-definition and 10 HD channels initially.

The IPTV head end supplied to SK Broadband includes market leading TANDBERG EN8030 MPEG-4 AVC SD encoders, EN8090 MPEG-4 AVC HD encoders, iPlex for IP multiplexing and RX1290 SD/HD Integrated Receiver Decoders. The TANDBERG iPlex has won numerous technology industry awards and TANDBERG Television has recently announced that it has been awarded a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of its pioneering development and deployment of MPEG-4 AVC systems for HDTV.