Humax
Humax is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of digital set-top boxes, exporting its products to over 90 countries. A focus on innovation and software engineering has ensured Humax is at the forefront of the global digital TV industry, supplying state-of-the-art, feature-rich products such as digital TV recorders and high definition receivers.
Humax has partnerships with some of the world’s leading operators, broadcasters and technology providers, and has been actively involved in key digital TV initiatives, including the UK digital switchover trials and launch of HD TV in Germany.
MHEG-5 is one of the core technologies embedded in all our TV sets sold in the European region. Our motivation for supporting IMPALA is to see the expansion of broadcast support for MHEG-5 in Europe and beyond. The UK market has proven MHEG stability of operation, and suitability for not only digital teletext delivery, but also for multi-screen video selection of hidden services. Its efficiency in launch speed also makes it ideally placed as an instant display at channel zapping for broadcaster controlled splash-screen, as used for radio screensavers, and non-running service captions.
Mark Londero,
General Manager of
Technical Planning Sony TV Operations Europe

