Abstract: An interactive intelligent set-top box electrically connected to a television, the set-top box comprising a control chip, an audio processing chip, a memory, a network interface, a camera electrically connected to the control chip, at least one loudspeaker, at least one microphone wherein the microphone and the loudspeaker electrically connected to the audio processing chip, and a housing containing at least the control chip, audio processing chip, memory, network interface, and camera, wherein the housing is removably couplable to a bracket shaped to removably attach the housing to a television. The network interface is electrically connected to a network by which it receives live video and audio data from at least one remote location. The camera and the microphone capture live video and audio data from the environment local to the interactive set-top box.