Digeo Chooses Samsung to Make Set-Top Boxes By SAUL HANSELL April 4, 2005
Digeo, a company that designs software for set-top boxes used with cable television systems, will announce today that it has selected Samsung, the Korean electronics giant, to make its next generation of boxes. The deal is an effort by the two companies to break into a market that has been tightly controlled by Scientific Atlanta and Motorola, which both make boxes and other equipment used in cable systems. In fact, Motorola made the first box that ran the Digeo system, which is currently used in some cable systems owned by Adelphia Communications and Charter Communications. Charter, like Digeo, is controlled by Paul G. Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft. The cable box market is expected to expand as more people move to digital cable service, which requires sophisticated boxes. ... http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/04/technology/04samsung.html?ex=1270267200&en=e704cfb63e209879&ei=5090 Reply with a "Thank you" if you liked this post. _______________________________________________ MEDIANEWS mailing list medianews@twiar.org To unsubscribe send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
