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                                                                    Exhibit 99.2


[OPENTV LOGO]                      [ACTV LOGO]                      [iWINK LOGO]


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

OPENTV ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF ACTV AND PURCHASE OF WINK COMMUNICATIONS FROM
LIBERTY BROADBAND

Mountain View, CA and New York, NY - September 26, 2002 - OpenTV Corp. (Nasdaq
and Euronext Amsterdam: OPTV) and ACTV, Inc. (Nasdaq: IATV) jointly announced
today that OpenTV has agreed to acquire ACTV in a stock-for-stock merger. The
merger is subject to approval of both OpenTV and ACTV shareholders and
regulatory approval.

Under the terms of the agreement, each outstanding share of ACTV common stock
will be exchanged in the merger for a fraction of an OpenTV Class A Ordinary
Share equal to $1.65 divided by the then average market price of the OpenTV
Class A Ordinary Shares, provided that if the average market price of an OpenTV
Class A Ordinary Share is then less than $2.25 per share, it will be valued at
$2.25 per share for this purpose and if the average market price of an OpenTV
Class A Ordinary Share is then greater than $6.05 per share, it will be valued
at $6.05 per share for this purpose. In the event that the average market price
of the OpenTV Class A Ordinary Shares at the time of the merger is less than
$0.80 per share then ACTV will have the right to terminate the merger agreement
unless OpenTV elects to adjust the exchange ratio so that the ACTV shareholders
receive not less than $0.584 per ACTV common share. The stock-for-stock merger
will be a taxable transaction for ACTV shareholders. ACTV had approximately $59
million of cash and cash equivalents prior to contractual liabilities at August
31, 2002. The boards of directors of both OpenTV and ACTV have agreed to
recommend the merger to their respective shareholders and key members of ACTV's
board and management have entered into agreements to vote their shares in favor
of the transaction.


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Separately, OpenTV announced that Liberty Broadband Interactive Television, Inc.
(LBIT) has agreed to sell recently acquired Wink Communications, Inc. (Wink) to
OpenTV for approximately $101 million in cash, representing LBIT's costs to
acquire Wink late last month. Wink had approximately $47 million of cash and
cash equivalents prior to contractual liabilities at August 31, 2002. This
transaction, which has been approved by OpenTV's board of directors, is expected
to be completed in the next few weeks. No regulatory or shareholder approvals
are required prior to completing the transaction.

With these two transactions, OpenTV will be in a position to offer the global
pay television industry state-of-the-art interactive television (iTV) solutions
across virtually all technical platforms. OpenTV, when combined with ACTV and
Wink, will have approximately $160 million of cash, no debt and a global
footprint exceeding 35 million homes with one or more of its iTV products or
services. Key iTV products and services offered by OpenTV will include
interactive advertising and t-commerce, industry-leading middleware, enhanced
media, interactive games, and a variety of iTV tools that enable content
developers, programmers and advertisers a user-friendly way to enhance their
programming and content for iTV. As a result of years of substantial research
and development by the combined companies, OpenTV will have over 70 issued
patents in the United States and over 160 issued patents internationally, with
more than 580 additional pending patent applications worldwide. OpenTV will be a
truly global enterprise with its technology, products and services deployed in
over 50 pay television networks spanning 45 countries worldwide.

"ACTV and Wink have invested significant amounts of capital in developing
cutting-edge technology to enable targeted advertising, interactive commerce,
enhanced and multiplexed programming and related technologies and other services
offered primarily to the U.S. cable and satellite industry. Integrating these
technologies with OpenTV's middleware business and international distribution
should enable us to offer a much broader array of products and services to the
global pay television industry. Synergy is an often over-used word but in this
case substantial synergies are expected to result from consolidating the
operations of these three independent publicly-traded iTV companies. We remain
fully committed to offering cable and satellite operators around the world
state-of-the-art iTV solutions on mutually beneficial terms and this series of
transactions moves us one step closer on delivering on this promise," said Mr.
Peter C. Boylan III, Chairman of OpenTV and Chief Executive Officer of LBIT. "We
are now looking forward to successfully bringing the products of these companies
to market in a way that allows customers to depend upon OpenTV for one-stop
shopping for quality iTV solutions."

"Through the acquisition of ACTV and Wink, the breadth and reach of our product
offerings will be expanded significantly," said Mr. James Ackerman, OpenTV Chief
Executive Officer. "The OpenTV management team is excited to complete these
transactions so that we can offer our global customer base even better iTV
solutions while realizing substantial cost savings. We are nearing completion of
our previously announced restructuring plan and remain fully committed to being
cash flow break even within the next several quarters."


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"We are very pleased that in an extraordinarily difficult market we were able to
achieve a mutually beneficial transaction with OpenTV that will enable our
shareholders to participate in a larger, stronger, diversified global iTV
company," said David Reese, Chief Executive Officer of ACTV. "We firmly believe
that this opportunity is in the best interest of our shareholders. I am
convinced that OpenTV will emerge as a visionary leader in interactive
television and we look forward to being a part of OpenTV."

OpenTV and ACTV will hold a conference call and associated Webcast today,
September 26, 2002 beginning at 6:30 a.m. PDT. The dial-in number for the
conference call is 712-257-0446 (pass code: 6788). A replay of the call will be
available at 402-998-1383 (pass code: 6788) through October 3, 2002. The live
and archived versions of the Webcast will be available on the Investor Relations
section of OpenTV's Web site at http://www.opentv.com.

About OpenTV

One of the world's leading interactive television companies, OpenTV powers more
than 27 million set-top boxes worldwide. The company provides a comprehensive
suite of iTV solutions including operating middleware, web browser software,
interactive applications, content creation tools, professional support services,
and strategic consulting. OpenTV is headquartered in Mountain View, California,
with regional offices throughout the United States, Europe and Asia/Pacific. For
more information, please visit www.opentv.com.

About ACTV, Inc.

ACTV, Inc. is a digital media company providing proprietary technologies, tools,
and technical and creative services for interactive TV advertising, personalized
programming applications and enhanced media. For more information, visit
www.actv.com.

About Liberty Broadband Interactive Television, Inc.

Liberty Broadband Interactive Television, Inc., is a newly formed subsidiary of
Liberty Media Corporation (NYSE: L, LMC.B) focused on investing in and
developing interactive services and products for advertisers, programmers and
multi-channel video providers globally. Investments include OpenTV and Wink
Communications. Liberty Media Corporation owns interests in a broad range of
video programming, broadband distribution, interactive technology services, and
communications businesses. Liberty Media and its affiliated companies operate in
the United States, Europe, South America and Asia with some of the world's most
recognized and respected brands, including Encore, STARZ!, Discovery, USA, QVC,
Court TV, and Sprint PCS.


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Certain statements in this press release may constitute "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other important factors that could cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of Liberty Media Corporation, OpenTV Corp. and their
subsidiaries, or industry results, to differ materially from any future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, among others:
the risks and factors described in the publicly filed documents of Liberty Media
Corporation and OpenTV Corp., including the most recently filed Form 10-Q of
Liberty Media Corporation and the most recently filed Form 20-F of OpenTV Corp.;
general economic and business conditions and industry trends including in the
advertising and retail markets; the continued strength of the industries in
which we operate, including the interactive television industry; uncertainties
inherent in proposed business strategies and development plans; rapid
technological changes; future financial performance, including availability,
terms and deployment of capital; availability of qualified personnel; changes
in, or the failure or the inability to comply with, government regulation,
including, without limitation, regulations of the Federal Communications
Commission, and adverse outcomes from regulatory proceedings; changes in the
nature of key strategic relationships with partners and joint ventures;
competitor responses to the products and services of Liberty Media Corporation,
OpenTV Corp. and their subsidiaries, and the overall market acceptance of such
products and services, including acceptance of the pricing of such products and
services. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this
press release. Liberty Media Corporation and OpenTV Corp. expressly disclaim any
obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any
forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any change in Liberty
Media Corporation's or OpenTV Corp.'s expectations with regard thereto or any
change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is
based.

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OpenTV Contact

Gary J. Fuges, CFA
Director, Investor Relations
OpenTV Corp.
650-429-5531


ACTV Contact

Christopher Cline
Senior Vice President & CFO
ACTV, Inc.
212-497-7000


Liberty Media Contact

Mike Erickson
Vice President, Investor Relations
Liberty Media Corporation
877-772-1518



