Samsung Digital Set-Top & Liberate Software Enables Delivery of Interactive Digital Video
Reprinted from a Liberate press release:
SINGAPORE, BroadcastAsia 2002, June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Liberate Technologies and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today unveiled an integrated digital set-top supporting MPEG over IP based delivery of interactive video programs, content and services for DSL-based Telco networks. Based on Liberate TV Navigator 4.0 software, Samsung plans on offering the SMT-F240 to network operator customers worldwide later this year. The demonstration is being shown in the Liberate booth at BroadcastAsia 2002 from June 18-21.
The SMT-F240 incorporates National Semiconductor’s x86-based Geode CPU running at 266MHz. The digital set-top is utilizing the Linux operating system. The set-top on display at BroadcastAsia supports MPEG 2 and can be upgraded upon network operator requirements to support MPEG 4.
“Our global partnership with Liberate provides us with access to the latest developments in iTV,” said Andre Minn, Vice President, Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd. “Liberate’s standards-based platform brings a key platform advance for Telco network operators & developers wishing to embrace the digital video revolution.”
Liberate TV Navigator 4.0 supports MPEG-over-IP-based delivery of digital video and interactive content over networks such as DSL, optical fiber, and other Internet-compatible network configurations — providing telcos and ISPs with the ability to deliver the widest range of standards-based interactive programming to subscribers. (For detailed information on Liberate TV Navigator 4.0 visit: http://www.solutions.liberate.com/)
The Liberate/Samsung demo highlights:
— Video-on-demand: the latest developments in VOD enabling network
operators to provide movies, advertisements, and other video services
on demand.
— Music eTV application: music application developed in cooperation with
content aggregator Signatures Network and iTV developer Massive
Interactive combining a video jukebox with virtual TV channels that
deliver on-demand content featuring popular music artists.
— Games: several interactive games highlighting the options available on
the digital set-top.
— Bi-lingual Tickers: provide real-time information updates such as
scores, news headlines, sports information and statistics and allows
the viewer to toggle between English and Chinese.
— A prototype walled garden and video preview service will be shown in
Japanese.
For additional information on Samsung’s hardware offerings visit: http://www.samsungnetworks.com/; for more on Liberate solutions visit: http://solutions.liberate.com/index.html