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To: alankeister who wrote (31975)	9/21/2000 10:18:19 AM
From: straight life	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

"I think being a Gorilla has less meaning for GMST than any other company I can think of. Their patents seem to give them a monopoly. Monopoly is even better than Gorilla, IMHO. If that's so, how do you explain LBRT? AT&T Broadband Selects Liberate for Interactive TV Pilot Liberate TV Platform Software to Enable Delivery of a Wide Range of Interactive Services biz.yahoo.com SAN CARLOS, Calif., and ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T Broadband will use Liberate TV Platform(TM) software to deliver advanced interactive TV services via the Motorola DCT-5000 set-top box in a pilot to start late this year, the companies said today. If the pilot is successful, the companies expect to deploy advanced interactive TV services commercially. (Photo: newscom.com ) AT&T Broadband selected Liberate (Nasdaqu: LBRT) based on the demonstrated performance of its software, as well as Liberate's commitment to open standards. AT&T Broadband will use the Liberate TV Platform software to deliver applications and services that support the AT&T brand in the interactive television medium. Liberate software enables a variety of consumer-focused interactive features, including e-mail, chat, enhanced television, and destination sites formatted for the television. ``AT&T Broadband is committed to driving the development and deployment of innovative broadband services utilizing multiple technology providers as it makes sense. Liberate's impressive software platform and experienced team will help us bring advanced interactive television services to our customers quickly,'' said Daniel E. Somers, president and chief executive officer, AT&T Broadband. ``The Liberate platform will help us offer a wide variety of interactive services we know our customers are waiting for, and that cost effectively utilize our two way network infrastructure that is already providing digital cable and high speed data. Liberate software is based on content development standards that are open and meet our requirement to support content across multiple platforms.'' ``AT&T's selection of Liberate is an important step toward mass adoption of interactive TV services in the North American market,'' said Mitchell Kertzman, president and CEO, Liberate Technologies. ``Liberate is proud to partner with the leading cable operator in the United States, and to help them achieve a rapid rollout of their new broadband services.'' Liberate has established a proven record of success with leading cable, telecommunications, satellite and Internet service provider companies. Standards-based, the Liberate TV Platform provides enhanced TV capabilities that offer maximum flexibility, letting network operators select from a broad range of not only content and applications, but the types of devices to which they are delivered. As a leading Internet-based platform for interactive television, Liberate continues to drive open standards.