UPDATE 1-Samsung Elec to supply set-top boxes to DirecTV - May 30, 2004 10:24 PM (Reuters) - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=41732449 =========================================================================== (Adds details, shares) SEOUL, May 31 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (KOREA:005930) said on Monday it agreed to supply $130 million worth of set-top boxes to DirecTV Group Inc (NYSE:DTV), the largest U.S. satellite TV operator. Samsung, the most valuable technology firm outside the United States, said it would ship 1.11 million set-top boxes to the U.S. firm in the second half of this year and hoped to increase supplies in the future. DirecTV is controlled by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Ltd. (NYSE:NWS)(AUS:NCP) through its Fox Entertainment Group Inc. (NYSE:FOX) unit. Shares in Samsung were 2.7 percent lower at 506,000 won at 0205 GMT, while Seoul's broader market <.KS11> fell 2.34 percent. DirecTV shares ended down 0.79 percent at $17.61 last week. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.