Pace Drives Industry's Future Development; New Revenue-Generating Technologies Exhibited at the Western Show.Business Editors/Technology Writers The Western Show 2001 Exhibit 3025, Hall C BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2001 Pace Micro Technology Americas today unveiled its plans for the upcoming Western Show in Anaheim, CA, Nov. 27-30. At the show, Pace will introduce new revenue-generating technologies for cable operators, and demonstrate key products that have been deployed in the U.S. and Europe. Among the advanced technology on display in Pace's exhibit No. 3025, Hall C, are: Pace 500 Series Pace's 500 Series is an advanced digital home gateway that is currently being shipped to Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. . The world's smallest digital interactive cable box, the Pace 500 Series is the first box to receive an Energy Star label for energy efficiency. It also integrates the world's first single-chip solution -- the Broadcom BCM BCM Baylor College of Medicine BCM Become BCM Business Communications Manager (Nortel) BCM Broadcom Corporation BCM Business Continuity Management BCM Business Contact Manager (Microsoft) 7100, Scientific-Atlanta's PowerKEY(R) conditional access, and the Power TV(R) operating system. The advanced box also supports Scientific-Atlanta's Resident Application, Pioneer's Passport, and Pace's new PETRA (Pace Enhanced TV Resident Application) interactive electronic program guides. The Pace 500 series enables more than 150 channels of analog and digital television, as well as digital interactive television services such as video on demand. Pace 700 Series Pace's 700 Series digital home gateway is Open Cable (OCAP OCAP Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (Canada) OCAP Open Cable Application Platform (middleware software specification) OCAP Out of Control Action Plan )-compliant, has 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. 1.1 cable modem and more than 300 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. processing power. The Pace 700 Series supports DigiCipher II(R), Scientific-Atlanta's PowerKEY(R) and DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) An international digital television (DTV) standard that is the European and Far Eastern counterpart of the North American ATSC standard. conditional access, as well as TV Guide's electronic program guide (EPG (Electronic Program Guide) An online listing of TV or other programs. Periodically, EPGs are downloaded into set-top boxes so that viewers can preview offerings by time or category and set reminders. ), Pace's PETRA electronic program guide, Liberate, Open TV, and Microsoft middleware, and MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). 2. It also has an option for HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates . The Pace 700 Series is the digital home gateway Pace is developing for Comcast Cable. Pace's Latest Home Networking Technologies - introducing the MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. Pace's home networking strategy utilizes the digital home gateway box as the portal for interactive communications in and around the home -- enabling electronic devices to link with each other wirelessly or through existing wiring within the home, and communicate with the outside world via any digital two-way platform. Pace's latest wireless home networking technologies -- the Gateway Expander, pcConnect, and now the Multimedia Terminal Adapter (MTA) -- are key components in shaping the networked home of the future. These Pace technologies will enable the digital home gateway boxes to reach all corners of the home -- the PC, games consoles, kitchen appliances, security systems, etc. The MTA will be sold as a stand-alone device for operators who want to deliver voice and data but not video. It acts as a wireless and `no new wires' home networking base station for distributing voice and data services around the home. Using Pace's MTA, operators will be able to provide targeted telephony and high-speed data services. Home Gateways for Video Over IP With two of the largest video over IP deployments worldwide for Aliant Telecom, and Kingston Communications, as well as the industry's largest IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. order from Myrio, Pace is demonstrating its new DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary 4000 digital home gateway box at the Western Cable Show. The DSL4000 enables multichannel video, VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand , iTV, Internet, e-mail, chat, CallerID, gaming, and home networking services, and offers operators the best value solution for MPEG2 video over IP on the market today. Microsoft TV Advanced Pace developed the Di6000 digital home gateway for TV Cabo, the leading cable operator in Portugal. The first Pace digital home gateway to run Microsoft TV Advanced, the Di6000 was designed to support full-featured web browsers and multimedia applications required for interactive digital and analog services. The home gateway can work with a wide range of conditional access systems, has a DOCSIS / EuroDOCSIS cable modem, and can be configured for markets around the world. The Di6000 enables network operators to offer numerous advanced interactive services, including pay-per-view, e-mail, home shopping, home banking and Internet access on the TV. PVR See DVR. All-In-One Box Pace will also demonstrate its `All-In-One', fully-integrated Personal Video Recorder See DVR. (PVR) home gateway box to support both interactive television services and PVR functionality. Using a dual tuner, this box supports multichannel video, VOD, iTV, gaming, and home networking services over any major platform including cable. Pace will demonstrate the PVR box that it developed for British Sky Broadcasting's Sky+ service. The Sky+ home gateway is an integrated digital satellite decoder with two tuners and PVR functionality fully integrated with the electronic program guide. At the heart of the device is a 40 gigabyte capacity hard disk which can store an average of 20 hours worth of recordings. Features include the ability to record one digital satellite program while watching another, as well as the ability to pause live TV and record episodes of favorite series -- all without the need for videotapes. Pace developed the Sky+ PVR in partnership with OpenTV and NDS See eDirectory. NDS - Netware Directory Services . The system incorporates XTV- technology. Pace's Home Gateways with integrated Games Pace will also demonstrate digital home gateway boxes with integrated games, including games from Sega. The Sega games demonstration features 3D graphics, digital-quality sound and full-motion video on Pace's home gateway with an integrated hard disk drives (HDD (Hard Disk Drive) See hard disk and HDD caddy. HDD - hard disk drive ). The HDD enables consumers to play console quality games online, while at the same time using the latest PVR technology to `timeshift' TV. The HDD -- currently 40 gigabytes -- acts as a games jukebox and is used for storing games, downloadable delivery, and pay-per-play or pay-for-time revenue generation opportunities. 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 analog 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 1,000 strong workforce, over half 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 Americas office is based in Boca Raton, Fla., with its head office is in West Yorkshire, England. Additional offices are throughout England, the US, 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). For further information, please visit Pace's web site at http://www.pacemicro.com. |
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