Pace Pioneers with New Media Gateway

Pace Pioneers with New Media Gateway

SALTAIRE, England, September 1, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

- New smartbox device delivers flawless converged services

Pace (LSE: PIC), a leading developer of technologies, products and
services for global broadband and broadcast markets, has today announced its
pioneering new Media Gateway. The Media Gateway, to be unveiled at IBC next
week, is a highly advanced next generation smartbox that seamlessly
interconnects payTV and broadband content with any screen in the home,
opening up opportunities for operators to monetise new over-the-top (OTT)
and on demand content.

The Pace Media Gateway:

- Distributes broadband and broadcast content and data to a
range of screens, including smartphones, laptops, tablets and Pace's new
range of client device set-top boxes, using MoCA, Powerline, wired or
wireless networking.
- Repurposes content in real-time to suit the requirements of
various consumer electronics devices, enabling consumers to take their
viewing experience around and outside the home.
- Provides high-speed interfaces to support rapid download - for
example, on a high-speed DOCSIS 3 network, the latest Steven Spielberg
film, Super 8, could be downloaded in less than two minutes.
- Includes full network management capabilities that allow
operators to monitor and manage the home network and user interaction,
and troubleshoot and fix issues remotely. This resolves the escalating
complexity of delivering converged IP and broadcast services across a
broad range of devices to ensure a consistent and enjoyable consumer
experience, and lowers costs by reducing customer service calls and
truck-rolls.
- Is highly energy efficient, in line with Pace's commitment to
minimise the environmental impact of its products and operations. The
device has the lowest power consumption of any product of its kind and
can be built without a fan, further reducing both power consumption and
ambient noise.

The Media Gateway can be integrated with Pace's own Elements software
platform, or with any other vendors' conditional access, middleware and user
interface software, according to operator requirements.

"With our new Media Gateway, the networked home can go beyond
interconnecting multiple TVs," said Mark Loughran, regional president, Pace.
"End-users want home networks, but they don't want to deal with the
complexity of creating and managing them. This creates a clear opportunity
for managed service providers that can meet this challenge.

"The Pace Media Gateway provides genuinely flawless delivery of complex
home entertainment services. It gives operators the key to providing the
autonomy and flexibility their subscribers want, but with a great user
experience that they could not create for themselves."

Neil Gaydon, Pace CEO, continued: "This is a major advance in the
delivery of the connected digital home and builds on Pace's unrivalled
experience of live deployments of advanced payTV infrastructures to make us
the clear world-leader in advanced gateway devices.

"For operators, it opens up a host of new revenue generating
possibilities, from on-screen micropayment systems to fully interactive
tablet and television functions. This immediately helps them widen their
services to existing subscribers and attract new customers with a truly
premium offering. Ultimately, though, this is an important step in
subscribers receiving the home entertainment experience they want, anywhere,
and on any device."

The Media Gateway is the latest addition to Pace's expanding product and
service portfolio, which enables operators to evolve digital services at the
speed they want, how they want. This portfolio includes a wide range of
set-top boxes and gateways, sophisticated software, highly specialised
customer care call centres, and business consulting and product delivery
services. These products and services are designed to support telco, cable
and satellite operators in different global markets, regardless of their
technology needs or market stage.

Pace will be on stand B19 in Hall 1 at this year's IBC in Amsterdam,
September 9th - 13th.

About Pace

Pace (LSE: PIC) creates technologies, software, hardware and services
for the broadband and broadcast industries. Pace solutions empower cable,
telco and satellite operators to simply and cost-effectively innovate at the
speed they want, in the way they want for their subscribers. Pace has built
up its experience and expertise over 25 years and this is recognised by a
customer base of over 160 operators around the globe.

Headquartered in the UK, Pace operates in markets across the world, and
employs around 2300 people in locations that also include the USA, France,
India and China. For more information on Pace, please visit
http://www.pace.com.

Source: Pace

Paul Crouch, Chameleon PR, Paul.crouch@chameleonpr.com, +44(0)207-680-5500

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