Pace plc (LSE: PIC) is a UK developer of set-top boxes for Cable television, Satellite television and IPTV operators. The firm is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
The Company was founded as Pace Micro Technology plc in 1982 and introduced the first low-cost commercially available modems in 1985. In 1987 it started selling its first analogue satellite set-top receivers.
In 1995, it manufactured the wo...
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Pace plc (LSE: PIC) is a UK developer of set-top boxes for Cable television, Satellite television and IPTV operators. The firm is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
The Company was founded as Pace Micro Technology plc in 1982 and introduced the first low-cost commercially available modems in 1985. In 1987 it started selling its first analogue satellite set-top receivers.
In 1995, it manufactured the world's first DVB decoders for Australian satellite company Galaxy.
Pace was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1996.
In 1998 the company started shipping DTT equipment for BSkyB.
In 1999, Pace purchased the set top box division of Acorn Computers and converted it into its Cambridge office. As a result, for a number of years, Pace owned RISC OS, and used technologies based on it in its decoder equipment: the Cambridge office was closed down in 2003.
Pace achieved a breakthrough into the US market in 2000 when it started delivering products...
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