Bundang (South-Korea) & Antwerp (Belgium), 27th November 2006 • Euro1080, Europe’s first High Definition Television (HDTV) media company, and Topfield, a HDTV set top box manufacturer, have signed a partnership commitment to promote HDTV in Europe through a joint partnership. Euro1080 will start selling Topfield HDTV Satellite receiver via its e-shop.
By joining the select group of Euro1080 partners, Topfield also has the right to show Euro1080 content in all of its points of sale. Consumer electronics manufacturers that have not entered into a partnership with Euro1080, are not permitted to do so.
Yong-Cheol Lee, CEO of Topfield added: “The new partnership with Euro1080 proves the superb quality of Topfield’s product families, enhancing our ability to deliver high-quality video and audio standard to our end-users across the European region. I am delighted to partner with Euro1080 as we continue to build innovative and much reliable products in the AV industry. I believe this partnership will be an important strategic milestone for Topfiled to play a role of major participants in the fast growing European HD market successfully”.
Gabriel Fehervari, CEO of Euro1080, added: ”I am very pleased that Topfield has entered into a partnership with us. As all our other partners Topfield shares our passion for quality and HDTV. That is the reason why Euro1080 has chosen the Topfield TF7700 HSCI digital satellite receiver to sell via our e-shop (http://shop.euro1080.tv)”.
The other partners of Euro1080 are Astra, SES Sirius, Loewe, Panasonic, Pioneer, Sony, Eutelsat, Mediasat, Humax, Canon, Grass Valley and XDC EVS Group.
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About Euro1080
Euro1080 plays a pioneering role in the field of HDTV in Europe and began transmitting on 1st January 2004. For a long time Euro1080’s HD1 was the first and the only TV station to transmit in HD in Europe. Now, the Belgium-based high definition media company also has HD2 (the focused channel), HD5 (demo and instruction channel) and EXQI (culture channel).
About Topfield
Delivering a competitive advantage with PVR, and the most powerful digital entertainment experience for end users, Topfield provides a leading PVR products taking initiatives in digital broadcasting industry . Since its establishment in 1998, Topfield is securing its market position as a high-end product maker by reliability and competitiveness on the basis of continuous new product development, technology research and marketing activity.
Topfield PVR products empower AV industry with the full range of digital entertainment capabilities including: digital video recording (DVR); digital media management of photography and music; content sharing with the PC.
The company has its head office in Bundang, Korea, and branches in Germany and Thailand.
HDTV (High Definition Television) guarantees superior image quality. Instead of the 575 visible lines of the current European TV screen, the HDTV image consists of 1080 lines. HDTV can display at least 4 to 5 times more detail than analogue TV. The aspect ratio of HDTV is 16:9, instead of 4:3, which is common for standard television. This 16:9 ratio gives the image a panoramic effect. LCD and plasma flat-screens capable of displaying high definition signals carry the “HD ready” quality logo.
www.euro1080.tv
www.i-topfield.com
