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To: SBerglowe who wrote (10982)	7/6/2000 3:04:32 PM
From: Craig Jacobs	Read Replies (1) of 13157

By: FormerT $$$ Reply To: None Thursday, 6 Jul 2000 at 1:52 PM EDT Post # of 49741 From Cable World, July 6, 2000. cableworld.com Pace Lands Comcast; ICTV, Wink Deals By Matt Stump Britain’s Pace Micro Technology extended its reach into the U.S. cable set-top market, announcing a three-year contract last week to supply Comcast Cable Communications with 350,000 digital set-top boxes. Comcast is looking at the box’s high-end applications. "Pace has the ability to develop set-top boxes for our Motorola and Scientific-Atlanta networks, experience with multiple software suppliers and the skill to integrate hard disk technology that will drive our next generation of interactive television services," says Comcast VP-digital television Mark Hess. Comcast asked Pace to build 300,000 boxes incorporating DigiCipher II conditional access, a DOCSIS cable modem and the option for a hard drive disk. Pace says the box will support Liberate and Microsoft TV interactive services as well as HDTV. It will also have 300 MIPS of processing power. The balance of the roder calls for Pace to supply its single-chip "Pegasus compliant" Di5101 box. Both boxes will run off Comcast’s existing headend equipment. In other interactive TV technology news, ICTV struck separate deals with Motorola and ACTV last week. ICTV’s interactive TV browser will now work on Motorola’s DCT-1000, 1200 and 2000 set-top boxes, including boxes already deployed. ACTV’s HyperTV Enhanced TV software will be integrated into ICTV’s platform. ICTV already licenses ACTV’s "bookmarking" technology. ICTV’s processors and equipment work from a cable operator’s headend. And EchoStar Communications is teaming with software supplier OpenTV and Wink Communications to deliver interactive advertising capabilities to DBS customers. Wink-enhanced programming and advertising will be part of OpenTV’s EchoStar set-tops, set to launch by next year. EchoStar said the service could be rolled out to four million homes by 2003.

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