To: DiViT who wrote (45796 ) 10/12/1999 2:44:00 PM From: Stoctrash Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50808
Pace Delivers ADSL Technology For SGI Video Wall At Telecom '99 GENEVA, Telecom '99, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Pace Micro Technology plc has supplied 134 ADSL capable set-top boxes to deliver the broadcast service into the eight-meter-high video wall on the SGI booth at Telecom 99 (7199, Hall 7). The video wall uses SGI's head end server platform to deliver broadcast- quality video pictures through Pace set-top boxes. From the SGI server, four fiber optic cables with an ATM signal are directed through an ATM switch. The switch interprets the multiplex signal, directing individual program signals to each of the 134 Pace set-top boxes in the video wall which are linked to 21-inch television screens, in a spectacular three dimensional display. Commenting, Pace's marketing director, Andrew Wallace, said, "Working with SGI on this project for Telecom '99 is an excellent demonstration of how telcos can now use their established copper wire networks to deliver digital television and interactive services. We have been working with ADSL since 1994 and our latest ADSL capable set-top boxes are currently in field trials for the imminent launch of Europe's first ADSL-based interactive digital television service with Kingston Communications in the UK." Note: Pace ADSL capable set-top boxes can work to both ATM and Ethernet protocols. The company also works with a variety of development partners for the delivery of ADSL video networks. 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 analogue 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. For additional information, please contact: Tammy Snook High-Tech Public Relations, Inc. 407-667-9355 TammySnook@hightechpr.net SOURCE Pace Micro Technology plc /CONTACT: Tammy Snook of High-Tech Public Relations, Inc., 407-667-9355, or TammySnook@HIGHTECHPR.net, for Pace Micro Technology plc/ /Web site: pace.co.uk