Pace First To Offer `Open' Middleware and OS Solutions; Only STB Developer To Port All Major Middleware and Operating Systems Software.Business Editors/Technology Writers The Western Show 2001 Exhibit No. 3025, Hall C ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2001 Pace Micro Technology Americas (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :PIC) today announced it is the only 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. developer who has successfully ported all major middleware and operating systems software to its digital home gateways, making it the first set-top box developer to be truly `open'. Pace has now ported Liberate, OpenTV, NDS See eDirectory. NDS - Netware Directory Services Core, Microsoft TV Basic and Advanced, Canal + MediaHighway and PowerTV(R) middleware software onto its digital home gateway boxes, as well as VxWorks, Nucleus, OS9, WinCE, PowerTV(R)OS, and is a founding member of the TV Linux Alliance supporting the Linux operating system - all in the name of open standards. In addition, Pace is also the first set-top box developer to have licenses to operate on any digital cable network in the U.S., including Scientific-Atlanta's PowerKey(R), Motorola's DigiCipher II(R), and can operate on any network using DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) An international digital television (DTV) standard that is the European and Far Eastern counterpart of the North American ATSC standard. . According to Pace Americas President Neil Gaydon, "Porting all middleware and operating systems and having licenses to operate on any cable network in the U.S. is evidence of Pace's `open' philosophy. Working with Pace, MSOs can offer the television look and feel of their choice across any cable network. No other set-top box developer is as prepared as Pace to customize home gateways using any middleware and any operating system." Pace was the first to deploy digital set-top boxes for 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 using Liberate's interactive TV middleware - ported to Pace's 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. Pace has deployed boxes for Canal Plus using Media Highway, and for Sky Latin America SKY Latin America refers to two closely related pay-TV providers, one based in Mexico, the other in Brazil. The Mexican company was founded in mid-1996, a joint venture between British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB), News Corporation, Liberty Media and Grupo Televisa. using NDS Core. Next year, Pace will launch the first embedded hardware implementation of Microsoft TV Advanced on its high-end digital cable home gateway, the Di6000 for TV Cabo, the leading cable operator in Portugal. Pace has recently deployed its Pace 500 series boxes 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. utilizing PowerTV's middleware and is also the first industry implementation of the PowerTV operating system running on a newly designed (non-clone) multi-vendor set-top box along a broadband HFC 1. (networking) HFC - Hybrid Fiber Coax. 2. (hardware) HFC - hydrofluorocarbon. cable network. Pace is also in the final stages of box development for Comcast Cable using Liberate software on a DigiCipher II network. 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 U.K, USA, France, 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 Americas office is based in Boca Raton, Fla., with its head office in West Yorkshire, England. Additional offices are throughout England, the U.S., France 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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