ALi Corporation, a leading provider of Set-Top Box (STB) chipsets, proudly announces a strategic collaboration with ACCESS NetRange, a pioneer in licensed application provisioning for smart TVs and Set-Top Boxes. This partnership marks a significant milestone in the STB industry by integrating ACCESS NetRange's cloud-based browser solution into ALi's RTOS STB platform, revolutionizing traditional zapper STBs into intelligent STBs with Video on Demand (VoD) and Over-The-Top (OTT) functionalities.

ALi Corporation's RTOS platform, in conjunction with ACCESS NetRange's Twine Micro Client Solution, addresses a critical market need for a comprehensive browser and app solution on zapper STB platforms. This integration empowers users to access a diverse array of online content and services directly through their STBs, delivering an immersive and enriched viewing experience. The collaboration between ALi and ACCESS NetRange is poised to unlock numerous business development opportunities for both companies. With ALi's unparalleled reach in the STB market, selling 40 million STB SoCs globally, and ACCESS NetRange's advanced technology and content offerings, operators can now enhance their service portfolios and stay competitive in an ever-evolving market landscape.

Cashew Chen, President of ALi Corporation, expressed his enthusiasm for the collaboration, stating, "This partnership enables us to offer our clients an expanded range of content options and upgraded features for zapper STBs. By enriching the viewing experience of end-users, we are providing our clients with a significant competitive advantage in the market." ALi's capability to provide their clients with more content and upgraded Zapper STB features is instrumental in customer success. This collaboration not only benefits from ALi's extensive coverage and advanced technology but also opens up new avenues for ACCESS NetRange to reach additional populations of STBs. For instance, in regions like LATAM, SEA, and Africa, where traditional STBs still dominate, our solution can provide a transformative experience to end-users."

Through this collaboration, ALi Corporation and ACCESS NetRange are poised to drive innovation and growth in the STB industry, catering to the evolving needs of operators and end-users alike. With the potential to penetrate untapped markets such as LATAM, SEA, and Africa, this partnership sets the stage for further advancements and success in the STB market.

ALi Corporation announced the launch of F6P, the company’s next-generation DVB-S2X/ DVB-C STB SoC to target the SAARC, Africa and LATAM markets. The new F6P SoC is equipped with the latest S2X satellite demodulator, supports High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) and Ethernet, and achieves low power consumption and superior EMC/ESD performance. It is designed to meet conditional access system (CAS) requirements of various global PayTV operators. Along with ALi’s complete backward-compatible software development kit, ODMs can shorten their development time and easily customize their applications. Although equipped with rich functions and features, F6P is carefully architected and designed to be a very cost-effective solution.

According to Cashew Chen, President of ALi Corporation, “The Company has long been a leading innovator for retail and pay TV STB SoC design. F6P leverages previously successful design components to make it highly cost-effective. Both operators and retailers can accelerate their time-to-market and provide their customers with enriched viewing experience. This next-generation DVB-S2X/ DVB-C SoC, F6P, is expected to reach the designated markets as early as Q3, 2024.”

ALi Corporation is a leading fabless SoC System-on-Chip (SoC) design company for digital multimedia, a leading SoC vendor of Pay and Retail set-top-box STB) market, and also a smart connectivity and smart mobility SoC-based solution provider. With a global footprint with 400+ operators’ engagement worldwide, ALi has maintained a lead in the broadcasting STB market. ALi's cost-sensitive and stable hardware SoC and software platform have facilitated its customers’ best-in-the-market, in terms of cost-to-performance and reliability, product offerings.

ALi Corporation's F6P platform, in conjunction with ACCESS NetRange's Twine Micro Client Solution, addresses a critical market need for a comprehensive browser and app solution on zapper STB platforms. This integration empowers users to access a diverse array of online content and services directly through their STBs, delivering an immersive and enriched viewing experience. “The launch of ALi Next-Generation F6P platform is great news, and we expect it to be an upgrade to our customer’s HD Zapper STBs. Currently, the project is underway with several tier-1 operators, which I am confident will contribute to profitability through higher efficiency and better performance.”

About ALi Corporation

Founded in 1987, ALi Corporation (TWSE: 3041) is a leading System-on-Chip design company for digital multimedia. We are devoted to providing a total solution featuring security, price-performance, high integration of hardware and software, and low power consumption. We rank among the three leading vendors of payTV and retail set-top-box market and are a worldwide leader in the field of multimedia audio chipset. ALi Corp. successfully developed our own operating system; our mature process technologies enabled us to support the integration of heterogeneous architecture and the design of acceleration platform with software and hardware compatibility. Moreover, the cooperation with the mainstream Conditional Access System (CAS) venders made us capable of highly penetrating the ecosystem of payTV and retail globally, providing the value-added multimedia services for hundreds of operators with superior security protection.

In 2019, with the enterprise spirit to pursue innovation and excellence, ALi Corp. launched an intelligent computing platform “ALiIN” for wise indoor applications based on our core competences of existing IP portfolios and security technologies as well as our innovative approach of the self-developed AI neural network processing engine. We developed three turnkey solutions including the platforms of smart display, smart mobility and smart voice. ALi Corp.’s solutions optimize the original industry value chain and make contributions to intellectualizing the life of smart home, office, factory, etc., and help our partners go to the markets quickly and effectively. Our current products include the mirror dongles, pico projectors, robot vacuum cleaners (RVC) and the various home appliances with voice control, which are already certified by well-known brand customers. To embrace the coming age of 5G, Internet of things, and big data, we will incorporate a cloud-channel-device framework into our“ALiIN”platform. By developing comprehensive synergies between our products, ALi Corp. will be able to provide the one-stop integration service for the chip, front-end, algorithm and platform, initiating the great indoor living with light intelligence through our fast and friendly innovation momentum.

Taipei, Korea – September 7^th , 2023 –KX INTEK, a leading Set Top Box manufacturer with its strong focus on DVB Pay TV and IP-based solutions, and ALi corporation announced RB Cloud Smart STB on top of its legacy HD STB platform at IBC 2023.

KX Intek legacy HD STB based on ALi HD chipset family enables users to quickly access to OTT, VOD, games, apps, online shopping, TV Commerce and many more entertainment services through RB Cloud TV platform, provided by SK Planet, a subsidiary of SK group in South Korea.

The emergence of powerful OTT services in multiple devices is nowadays growing, seeking for survival amidst competition in the Pay TV industry. This trend toward everyday customer's use has led to the innovation of combining OTT with linear TV services at glance.

KX Intek HD legacy STB with SK Planet RB Cloud TV Platform and ALi Corporation’s powerful system on chips can now allow the TV operators to be up to date ensuring the improvement of the new generation entertainment services to meet the needs of the market, generate more revenue from legacy HD STB adding various value added services and reduce churn rate dramatically.

Jong-sub No, CEO of KX INTEK said, “The concept of legacy HD STB has changed. Our HD Zapper STB has been upgraded, making it possible to offer an optimized visual experience and smart features interaction through the advancement of RB Cloud TV Platform. I strongly believe that it will contribute to profitability and TV service expansion of pay TV operators. It is my pleasure to announce the partnership between KX Intek, Inc, and ALi Corporation to enhance our STB performance to deliver the most optimum and reliable service.

Sean Cheng, CEO of ALi Corporation said, “ALi has led this Zapper market and a long-established reputation in Pay TV SOC design with the most cost optimized STB solution. Operators continuously seek not only the cost effective solution but also smarter ways of integration the best of OTT and broadcast contents in their existing offering. This will let us bring additional valued service to the existing operators also to enrich their expectations for a cloud based solution for legacy and entry level IP connected. We’re very pleased to collaborate with KX Intek and SKP to make a journey to develop new business opportunities in this world wide Pay TV eco system.

KX Intek at IBC

For more information, please visit the KX Intek booth in Hall 1, F71

ALi Corporation at IBC

To see KX Intek running on ALi chipsets at IBC, please visit the ALi balcony suite in Hall 1, BS19

About KX Intek 

KX INTEK, a subsidiary of KX Group, is Korea firm that offers a comprehensive family of powerful DVB-T/C/S and IP Hybrid Set-top-box featuring an unprecedented combination of stylish design and solid performance at affordable prices with proven quality. Staying in step with today's active lifestyles, KX Intek will continue to expand our cutting-edge H/W & S/W technologies, delivering a range of popular products catering to a wide variety of consumer and commercial customers.

About ALi Corporation

Founded in 1987, ALi Corporation (TWSE: 3041) is a leading System-on-Chip design company for digital multimedia. We are devoted to providing a total solution featuring security, price-performance, high integration of hardware and software, and low power consumption. We rank among the three leading vendors of payTV and retail set-top-box market and are a worldwide leader in the field of multimedia audio chipset. ALi Corp. successfully developed our own operating system; our mature process technologies enabled us to support the integration of heterogeneous architecture and the design of acceleration platform with software and hardware compatibility. Moreover, the cooperation with the mainstream Conditional Access System (CAS) venders made us capable of highly penetrating the ecosystem of payTV and retail globally, providing the value-added multimedia services for hundreds of operators with superior security protection.

In 2019, with the enterprise spirit to pursue innovation and excellence, ALi Corp. launched an intelligent computing platform “ALiIN” for wise indoor applications based on our core competences of existing IP portfolios and security technologies as well as our innovative approach of the self-developed AI neural network processing engine. We developed three turnkey solutions including the platforms of smart display, smart mobility and smart voice. ALi Corp.’s solutions optimize the original industry value chain and make contributions to intellectualizing the life of smart home, office, factory, etc., and help our partners go to the markets quickly and effectively. Our current products include the mirror dongles, pico projectors, robot vacuum cleaners (RVC) and the various home appliances with voice control, which are already certified by well-known brand customers. To embrace the coming age of 5G, Internet of things, and big data, we will incorporate a cloud-channel-device framework into our“ALiIN”platform. By developing comprehensive synergies between our products, ALi Corp. will be able to provide the one-stop integration service for the chip, front-end, algorithm and platform, initiating the great indoor living with light intelligence through our fast and friendly innovation momentum.