Pace Picks up Speed in Indian Cable Market

Pace Picks up Speed in Indian Cable Market

SALTAIRE, England, August 31, 2012/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

           Indian cable operators, DDC, Faction and KCL, select Pace pre-integrated

           software and set-top box solution to support digital service rollout

    Pace plc today announced that its pre-integrated software, conditional access and
set-top box solution has been selected by three Indian cable operators, Delhi Distribution
Company (DDC), Faction Digital, and New Delhi and Kozhikode Cablecommunicators Ltd.(KCL),
Calicut, to support their move to digital services. Pace has designed its pre-integrated
solution to provide a cost-effective alternative to operators who need a high quality
payTV platform but don't have the time or infrastructure to manage multiple technology
partners or complex systems integration work.

    Pace's pre-integrated solution incorporates Pace's Tungsten device software and
Titanium Conditional Access System (CAS) as standard on a Standard Definition (SD) or High
Definition (HD) set-top box. The Indian version of the solution includes a Pace
India-developed user interface (UI) created specifically for local consumer browsing
preferences in terms of colour and design, including a button on the box itself so that
users can operate all functions if their remote control is missing or out of action.

    India is currently in the first phase of a government-mandated transition to digital
TV services, with full switchover required in 2015. DDC, Faction and KCL have selected the
Pace solution to enable swift rollout of digital services to their customers as part of
this process, which will see 80 million Indian households transitioned to digital services
by the deadline. The solution's design allows the operators to quickly deploy digital
services to customers via an SD set-top box, and then add PVR capabilities or additional
services in the field over time, if and when their requirements change.

    Shane McCarthy, President of Pace International, said: "Pace aims to offer operators
as many options as possible. The cost and time pressures for Indian operators are huge,
and working with multiple partners to develop, integrate and deliver their service
platform is not a realistic option.

    "We have developed our pre-integrated solution to make operators' lives easier by
giving them the option of a single source for their software, hardware and CAS. It
provides DDC, Faction and KCL with a straightforward and cost-effective way of moving
their subscribers to digital, while maintaining the high quality that customers have come
to expect from Pace. This not only delivers up-front but also keeps customers' longer-term
costs down."

    About Pace plc

    Pace (LSE: PIC) creates technologies, software, hardware and services for the
broadcast and broadband 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 30 years
and this is recognized 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
2000 people in locations that also include the USA, France, India and China.

    For further information, contact:

   
    Angela Terry
    Pace plc
    angela.terry@pace.com
    [angela.terry@pace.com ]+44(0)753-415-4340

Source: Pace plc