Tuesday, November 5, 2002
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Monday said its IP set-top box will be used exclusively in the world's first interactive digital video broadcasting service being launched this month in Japan.
Samsung received an initial $30 million contract for its SMT-F240 set-top boxes from Softbank Broadmedia, which is launching the service first in Tokyo and later will expand it throughout the country.
The IP digital broadcasting service employs ADSL broadband links to carry interactive video over the Internet. Samsung said it is negotiating to sell its IP set-top boxes to other Asian countries, as well as to company's offering broadcast services in Germany and Sweden.
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