23rd Jan 2007 14:07
Pace Micro Technology, a dedicated, global set-top box developersupplying the world's largest television service providers, todayannounced its participation in the National Cable TelevisionCooperative's (NCTC) 2007 Winter Educational Conference on Jan. 29 inLas Vegas. £ Pace Micro Technology Americas Vice President of Sales andMarketing Tim O'Loughlin will speak at the conference on a panel aboutthe implementation of separable security in cable set top boxes inpreparation for the FCC-mandated July 1, 2007 deadline. The panel willalso address how the cable industry is leveraging an existingspecification called CableCARD to achieve the separable security inboxes. £ O'Loughlin commented, "With the FCC's implementation of newseparable security rules only months away, Pace is one of the leadingset-top box providers helping the cable industry stay in compliancewith this new regulation. We are now offering a range of innovativeCableCARD-capable set-tops for U.S. operators." £ In addition to speaking at the conference, Pace will be also bedemonstrating both its embedded conditional access boxes and its newCableCARD product line. £ NCTC is a programming and hardware purchasing cooperative for morethan 1,100 cable operators throughout the United States. Co-op membercompanies own over 5,500 individual cable systems serving 10.5 millionsubscribers. NCTC is located in Lenexa, Kansas, a south Kansas Citysuburb. £ About Pace Micro Technology £ Pace Micro Technology plc (pic.l) is a leading technologydeveloper for the global payTV industry. Pace's main focus is oncreating intelligent and innovative products and services that benefitour customers and fuel the development of digital TV. £ Pace has one of the world's most experienced specialistengineering teams and is the partner of choice for leading payTVoperators across the globe, including Comcast, DirecTV, BSkyB, FOXTEL,Premiere, Sky Italia and UPC (part of Liberty Global). £ Pace's international headquarters are in Saltaire, West Yorkshire,UK, with further offices in the USA, France, Germany, India and HongKong. For more information on Pace, please visit www.pacemicro.com. Copyright Business Wire 2007Related Shares:
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