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KAON Group

South Korean broadcast-tech manufacturer nominated for an AI horizontal-to-vertical conversion tool.

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What is KAON Group known for?
KAON Group is a South Korean manufacturer of set-top boxes, OTT devices and network gateways for broadcast operators.
Where is KAON Group based?
KAON Group is headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea.
Why is KAON Group nominated for an IBC 2026 Innovation Award?
For an AI-powered tool that converts live horizontal broadcasts into real-time vertical feeds.

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KAON Group is a South Korean broadcast and media-technology manufacturer, headquartered in Seongnam, best known for set-top boxes, OTT devices and network gateways for pay-TV and broadband operators. Its AI-powered solution for turning live horizontal broadcasts into real-time vertical feeds is nominated in the Content Everywhere category of the IBC 2026 Innovation Awards.

Founded in 2001, KAON Group says it supplies broadcast and telecoms operators in around 90 countries, and has separately worked with LG U+, LG Electronics and Synaptics to commercialise on-device AI HDR picture and sound enhancement for IPTV services, pushing AI processing to the device edge rather than the cloud.

The IBC nomination places a hardware-focused pay-TV vendor alongside software-first production tools, underlining how horizontal-to-vertical conversion for mobile and social viewing has become a shared priority across very different parts of the broadcast supply chain.