[0] OpenTV and Pace Micro Technology Extend Global Agreement; OpenTV Technology Selected for High-End Broadband Cable Home Gateway.Business Editors/Technology Writers LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2001 Pace Micro Technology (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :PIC), the world's largest dedicated developer of digital home gateway technology, and OpenTV (Nasdaq:OPTV) (AEX AEX See: Amsterdam Exchange :OPTV), the world's leading interactive television and media solutions company, have signed an agreement to jointly develop high-end digital cable technology worldwide. Pace will port OpenTV's industry leading broadband offering onto its advanced Di4000 cable home gateway, which is fast becoming the de facto [Latin, In fact.] In fact, in deed, actually. This phrase is used to characterize an officer, a government, a past action, or a state of affairs that must be accepted for all practical purposes, but is illegal or illegitimate. digital cable platform in Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). . OpenTV's broadband portfolio includes its interactive TV Middleware, EN2, integrated with Device Mosaic(TM), a standards-based HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. browser specifically developed for the TV market and already deployed in more than seven million television receivers world-wide. OpenTV's EN2 Middleware enables full two-way connectivity between a network operator and the viewer's set-top box The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. . EN2 has already been selected by eight broadband cable TV networks world-wide. Device Mosaic(TM) enables Internet on TV and allows system operators and/or their developers to produce simple iTV applications in HTML that can be delivered either over the open Internet or in an Intranet-based Walled Garden Refers to a network or service that restricts its users to its own content. Cable TV and satellite TV are walled gardens, offering a finite number of channels and programs to its subscribers. . The Pace Di4000 offers cable operators the ability to provide many advanced interactive TV services, including video on demand, high-speed Internet See broadband. service, and Voice over IP (VoIP). The Di4000 represents the latest broadband generation of Pace's successful Di1000/2000 product series, as deployed in the UK by NTL NTL Nevertheless NTL National Transportation Library NTL Norsk Tjenestemannslag NTL National Training Laboratories NTL Never Too Late NTL Nothing to Lose NTL National Training Laboratory NTL None the Less NTL Number Theory Library and Telewest. "Pace is leveraging its proven OpenTV expertise by porting OpenTV's broadband technology broadband technology Telecommunications devices, lines, or technologies that allow communication over a wide band of frequencies, and especially over a range of frequencies divided into multiple independent channels for the simultaneous transmission of different signals. onto Pace's Di4000 - the world-leading cable home gateway. By selecting Pace, OpenTV has again allied itself with the industry leader, and shown that its technology is suitable for both satellite and cable broadband networks," said Neil Gaydon, Pace Micro Technology director of sales. Pace and OpenTV have worked together since 1996, creating home gateway solutions for network operators and broadcasters worldwide. Open TV also utilises Pace home gateway technology for its OpenTV Target Decoder, the programming reference for OpenTV developers worldwide. James Ackerman, OpenTV's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , said, "We have a long-term relationship with Pace. This new partnership will see us work together to develop new high-end digital cable television products. OpenTV middleware is already being used in 16 million set-top boxes world-wide. This new broadband platform allows us to integrate our market-leading HTML technology, which has already been deployed on 7 million set tops as a standalone browser. The combined offering is expected to be the most advanced broadband set top solution we've offered to the market. We look forward to extending our leadership position by making advanced interactive TV services a reality on any network." The Di4000 will support both NTSC (National TV Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC. and PAL broadcast standards, has a 175 MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. processor, an integrated DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) A cable modem standard from the CableLabs research consortium (www.cablelabs.com), which provides equipment certification for interoperability. cable modem, USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. and Ethernet connectivity and will offer a pioneering interactive remote control support. About Pace Micro Technology Pace Micro Technology plc is a pioneer of digital technology for the home and has helped build the global market for pay television services. Using this expertise, Pace is evolving the set-top box into a sophisticated home gateway to enable revenue-generating services for TV and the networked home. In this networked home, the Pace home gateway is the portal for entertainment and interactive communications around the home and with the outside world. Pace analogue and digital technology has been installed in over 13 million homes worldwide since it was founded in 1982. The company is now actively involved in all digital platforms - satellite, terrestrial, cable, wireless and xDSL - through relationships with broadcasters, network operators and technology partners in the UK, USA, Europe, Latin America, Australasia and the Far East. These achievements were made possible through the commitment of Pace's 1,300 strong workforce, over a third of whom are research and development engineers, dedicated to the development of digital technology for the home and small and home office markets. Pace's head office is in Shipley West Yorkshire, with further offices in Bracknell, Cambridge, the USA and Hong Kong. The company's shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. (PIC). Please visit Pace's web site at http://www.pace.co.uk. About OpenTV OpenTV is the world's leading interactive television and media solutions company. OpenTV builds a complete software and infrastructure platform that enables digital interactive television and brings on-demand content to other digital communications devices. OpenTV solutions are crafted to meet the needs of digital communications networks and include operating middleware, content applications, content creation tools, professional services expertise, and strategic consulting. At present, OpenTV software has been shipped with or installed in 16 million digital set-top boxes worldwide and has been selected by 43 digital cable, satellite and terrestrial communications networks in over 50 countries, including BSkyB in the United Kingdom; TPS (1) (Transactions Per Second) The number of transactions processed within one second. TPS is a better rating for the performance of hardware and software than the common MHz and GHz rating of the computer. and Noos in France; PrimaCom in Germany; Via Digital in Spain; Stream in Italy; DIRECTV(TM) Latin America LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control ; and EchoStar's DISH Network and USA Media Group in the U.S. In addition, 31 digital set-top box manufacturers have licensed OpenTV's software to date, and more than 1,100 developers have joined the company's OpenAdvantage developer program. Worldwide headquarters for OpenTV is located in Mountain View, Calif. Information on OpenTV is available at http://www.opentv.com. This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated herein, including statements regarding the availability and capability of OpenTV-enabled products and services, OpenTV's current and future position in the marketplace, the market for OpenTV enabled Pace STBs and statements regarding the market for, and the capabilities of, interactive television. Actual results can differ materially. Risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, the rate at which the interactive television market will continue to expand, the timely identification and development of new products and services, customer acceptance of those products and services and the pricing thereof, the impact of competitive products and services and the pricing of those products and services, the impact of technological constraints and changes in technology, the impact of governmental regulation, and other risk factors detailed in the documents filed from time to time by OpenTV Corp. with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those risk factors detailed in Item 3.D of OpenTV Corp.'s Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2001. (c)2001 OpenTV, Inc. All rights reserved. OpenTV, OpenAuthor, OpenTV Runtime, OpenStreamer, and the OpenTV logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of OpenTV, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. All OpenTV products and services may not be available in all geographic areas. |
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