Daewoo Electronics has signed a contract with UK firm ANT to license the ANT Galio Browser to transform the user interface for its new range of high-definition IPTV set-top boxes.

The new DIS - E100 model is based on a chipset from Sigma Designs, and Daewoo reports that it has seen particularly high demand for ANT Galio in the Russian market. ANT's W3C standards-based browser uses a dynamic software engine to provide advanced presentation and control for next-generation TV applications, which the company claims delivers a faster and more responsive user experience.

Heung Sang Jung, Director of Digital Media Lab at Daewoo Electronics, said: “We chose ANT Galio Browser because it can allow us to apply flexible user interface designs and provides us with the highest quality of web browsing standards. We plan to integrate ANT Galio Browser to our entire current IP set-top box line-up and to our new IP set-top box coming early next year with DVR and DLNA media sharing features. We also intend to integrate it with our hotel TV line-up in the future."