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To: John Rieman who wrote (44834)	9/16/1999 12:13:00 AM
From: Feraldo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

The whole hoopla about the government requiring HDTV by 200x (can't remember what year) is absurd. Within 15 years, the interenet will be quickly making TV's and radio's obsolete.

To: John Rieman who wrote (44834)	9/16/1999 3:33:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

Pace Micro Technology Announces Secure Television Services In The Networked Home 09/13/1999 PR Newswire (Copyright (c) 1999, PR Newswire) AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- A new project being developed by Pace Micro Technology, on show at IBC 1999 for the first time, will demonstrate how set-top boxes can be networked in the home without compromising security issues for consumers, broadcasters and content providers. In partnership with NDS and using their advanced encryption technology, Pace will show set-top boxes accessing encrypted program streams via a single remote "family" smartcard in a central security server. Viewers at each television screen will be able to access the programming of their choice, independent of other set-top boxes linked into the network. These set-top boxes are linked into the server using IEEE 1394. Working with NDS Pace has developed the 1394 interface and authored the software enabling the set-top box to communicate with the server, creating the network links. This approach can be used with other network standards including Ethernet, HPNA and Bluetooth. According to Tim Fern, Pace's engineering director: "As home networks develop, security will be key to maximizing the interactive service revenues that digital television will create. Issues such as conditional access, content copyright protection, e-commerce and consumer privacy must be addressed if these services are to achieve their full potential. This is now possible through our new partnership with NDS. "From here we will look to incorporate this technology into an advanced set-top box which could form the basis of a home network server. This is the first stage in making the smart home of the future a reality." About Pace Micro Technology Pace Micro Technology plc is one of Europe's largest manufacturer integrated digital receiver decoders, the set-top boxes necessary to receive digital broadcast and value-added services. The company is actively involved in all digital TV platforms -- satellite, terrestrial, cable, MMDS and xDSL -- and has played a key role in the creation of the digital pay television market worldwide. By August 1999 Pace had manufactured over 2,500,000 digital set- top boxes that were delivered to 19 international broadcasters in the UK, Europe, Latin America, Australasia and the Far East. This landmark was reached less than four years after Pace delivered the world's first MPEG -2 digital boxes in volume to Australia in August 1995. The company has also manufactured 6.5 million analog set-top boxes since it entered the pay television market in 1987. Pace's head office is in Shipley in West Yorkshire and the company's shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange. For further information, please visit Pace's web site at www.pace.co.uk . IBC 1999 September 10 - 14, 1999 Amsterdam Hall 3 Stand 331 Contact: /CONTACT: Helen Kettleborough, in the United Kingdom, 011-44(0)1274 538005, or e-mail, helen.kettleborough@pace.co.uk; or Tammy Snook, High Tech Public Relations, 407-667-9355, or e-mail, tammysnook@hightechpr.net, both for Pace Micro Technology/ 11:38 EDT