Pace Launches New Products and Demonstrates European Retail Range at IBC 2002.Business Editors/Technology Writers IBC IBC International Building Code IBC Iraq Body Count IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee IBC Inflammatory Breast Cancer IBC International Business Company IBC Independence Blue Cross IBC Insurance Bureau of Canada IBC International Broadcasting Convention 2002 Hall 1 Stand 135 AMSTERDAM, Holland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 2002 Pace Micro Technology, a pioneer of technology for the digital gateway market will make a number of announcements on developments in its Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. Television (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. ) strategy at IBC 2002 today. Pace is launching an innovative range of advanced, scalable and cost-effective IPTV home gateways (set-top boxes 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. ). Visitors to Pace's stand 1.135 will see live demonstrations of Pace's new IP400 family, comprising the IP420, IP440 and IP442 for telcos and broadband IP operators worldwide seeking to launch advanced television and multimedia services. Pace will also demonstrate the world's first Window's Media 9 capable home gateways for telecom and broadband IP network operators. The home gateways, part of Pace's new IP400 family can be used by operators to create an end-to-end Windows Media Microsoft's audio and video framework for Windows, which embraces playback, encoding and streaming. Windows Media Player is the digital jukebox and media player that comes with every version of Windows. solution for the delivery of high quality, low-bit rate video and multimedia services over IP networks into consumer homes. In another example of partnership work, Pace and TANDBERG Television  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . have combined their expertise to create an innovative low-cost entry-level television system for broadband IP operators. To build on the strength of this close working relationship, TANDBERG Television has joined Pace's IPTV Partner Programme. On TANDBERG's stand (1.421) Pace will showcase its Earlybird compatible home gateway. Earlybird, an end-to-end system for new satellite operators created by TANDBERG Television and Irdeto Access, can now utilise Pace's CD.410 or DTVA DTVA Durham Tees Valley Airport (England) to complete the solution for the delivery of television services into consumer homes. In addition to developments in IPTV, Pace will announce that `Puma' 1, the world's first integrated twin decoder A hardware device or software that converts coded data back into its original form. See decode and MPEG decoder. and twin tuner satellite home gateway goes into European distribution this week. `Puma' enables viewers to have greater control over their television viewing. Using `Puma' viewers can access digital TV programmes and services independently on two separate TVs. An enhanced version of Puma -Puma 3- will be launched later in the year. `Puma' 3 incorporates hard disk drive technology making it possible to record TV programmes without video tape. `Puma' 1 will be demonstrated live on Pace's stand. Pace will also demonstrate leading edge technology across all platforms including the Di300 entry-level digital cable home gateway, with flexible, scalable design, to enable cable operators to cost-effectively deploy a range of basic and advanced digital services. Pace's Di300 can be used as an entry-level gateway, as support for secondary TVs within the home or as the basis for providing triple-play digital TV services. Pace's expertise on the satellite platform will also be demonstrated, including the world's first low-cost Digital TV Adapter (DTVA) designed by Pace to widen the reach of digital TV. The DTVA is available in satellite, cable and terrestrial versions and the satellite product will be demonstrated at IBC today. Solutions for telecommunications operators including Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) gateways from Vegastream, part of Pace will also be shown. The Pace Vega 50 Analogue VoIP Gateway is designed to connect legacy analogue phone systems to IP networks. Pace demonstrations and spokespeople can be found in Hall 1 Stand 135. About Pace Micro Technology plc Pace Micro Technology plc (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :PIC) is a leader in digital television technology. The Company's primary focus is the development of innovative home gateway (set-top box) solutions for operators, broadcasters, telecommunications companies and retail markets worldwide. In addition, Pace develops edge of network devices for service providers, in particular digital IP voice gateways for low-cost integrated voice and data services. Pace's head office is in Shipley West Yorkshire West Yorkshire, former metropolitan county, N central England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county largely embraced the Leeds conurbation and comprised five metropolitan districts: Calderdale, Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, and Kirklees. , with further offices in Bracknell, Cambridge, the USA and Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. . For further information, please visit Pace's web site at http://www.pace.co.uk. |
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