Writing at CNET, Tiffany Kary reports on a Linux-based digital set-top box from Samsung and Liberate that is being introduced at the BroadcastAsia 2002 trade show this week in Singapore. . .

“Liberate Technologies said Wednesday that it has teamed up with Samsung Electronics to provide interactive video over digital subscriber line networks. The service will include a digital set-top box that supports the MPEG video compression standard to deliver interactive video over telecommunications companies' DSL networks . . .”

“Samsung plans to offer the set-top box, called the SMT-F240, to network operators worldwide later this year. The box, which uses the Linux operating system, is based on Liberate's TV Navigator software . . .”

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