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On July 30, 2026, KT Altimedia, a certified Widevine Third Party Lab (3PL) partner, launched its Widevine Local License Server Service, designed to support PayTV and streaming service providers in migrating from the Widevine License Service (WLS) before its sunset on April 13, 2027. Previously, on August 1, 2025, a report indicated that Aqua Retail, a joint venture established in Vietnam in 2023 by KT Alpha and Altimedia, experienced widening losses due to initial investment costs without achieving significant results. This followed a strategic partnership announcement on April 25, 2025, between HARMAN International, a Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. subsidiary, and KT Altimedia. The collaboration aims to provide innovative solutions for next-generation media services to PayTV operators, specializing in middleware, content security, user experience, and cloud-based UI. Earlier, on April 15, 2025, the company officially changed its corporate name to ‘KT Altimedia’ to align with KT Group’s media AICT strategy, having operated as a subsidiary of KT since October 2021 to support the group's media services and expand its overseas solution business.
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