Liberate Supports I-TV Games

Liberate Technologies said Tuesday it
is adding support for interactive games and other
programming to run on low-end set-top boxes that use
its Liberate TV Platform and its PopTV program.

The company’s PopTV service provides cable operators
with pre-packaged interactive programming that they
can offer their customers. The service was launched
for high-end interactive TV set-tops last August and is
now available for low-end set-tops that use the
so-called compact version of Liberate’s platform.

Specifically, popular games such as Trivial Pursuit will
be offered for Motorola DCT-2000 set-top boxes, the
company said. It added that the DCT-2000 is the most
widely-deployed set-top in the U.S., with between
seven and eight million installations.

The company said it is looking for more game
developers to develop their wares for the PopTV
program.