Pace Enables First interconnected Multiroom DVR Experience

Pace Enables First interconnected Multiroom DVR Experience

BOCA RATON, Florida, September 19, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

Changing the landscape in the home, Pace's HR34 server hub

enables DIRECTV's unique Multiroom DVR service

Pace (LSE: PIC), a leading developer of technologies, products and
services for global broadcast and broadband markets, announces today that
the company's HR34 server is the central hub in the DIRECTV(R) Home Media
Center, set to launch October 2011. With its unique multiple connectivity
capabilities, the HR34 enables the satellite industry's first fully
interconnected DVR experience.

Pace's HR34 is a cost-effective, large capacity server that delivers
full DVR capabilities, including HD-DVR functionality, for each 'client'
device, such as set-top boxes and connected TVs. The HR34 includes
one-terabyte of storage in a single central hub, eliminating the need for
hard drives within individual devices. The HR34 delivers on Pace's vision to
develop flexible and scalable solutions that seamlessly evolve entertainment
in the home.

"There is a strong and growing demand for interconnected capabilities in
the home," says Mike Pulli, president of Pace Americas. "The HR34 is a game
changing technology that demonstrates our strategic vision of the
interconnected home-networking evolution. This is the future of home media
centers in the payTV industry."

With the HR34, all connected devices within the home-network have access
to stored recordings in the DIRECTV Home Media Center, and are able to pause
live video, bookmark programs and resume playback in other rooms. The HR34
also allows users to set recordings from any connected device. It enables
consumers to move content and interact with entertainment in line with how
they move around their homes.

"The Home Media Center is another industry first for DIRECTV," said
Romulo Pontual, executive vice president and CTO for DIRECTV. "With Pace, we
can now offer unique capabilities that consistently optimize the TV viewing
experience. Innovation and reliability are critical to us in this incredibly
fast-paced market, and Pace is the long-term technology leader, delivering
an entirely new, enhanced home entertainment experience to customers."

The HR34 server uses the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) standard
to share content around the home over coaxial cable or Ethernet networks and
has an e-SATA port for easy expansion. It incorporates multiple tuners to
deliver up to five simultaneous high definition streams around the home with
complete flexibility over the combination of viewing and concurrent
recording and playback options on four televisions. The server is fully
compliant with RVU, a client/server-based technology that allows the
television viewer to experience a consistent, pixel accurate server
generated user interface on various consumer electronics devices. The RVU
specification uses widely implemented UPnP and DLNA technologies to enable a
gateway device such as an advanced set-top box to work with non-proprietary
client devices. The flexible RVU architecture allows client implementation
on multiple devices, such as TVs, PCs, laptops, tablets and Blu-ray(TM)
players.

DIRECTV plans to begin rolling out the Home Media Center to subscribers
across the US in October 2011.

About Pace

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 25 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 2300 people in locations that also include the USA, France,
India and China. For more information on Pace, please visit
http://www.pace.com.

About DIRECTV

DIRECTV (NASDAQ: DTV) is one of the world's leading providers of digital
television entertainment services delivering a premium video experience
through state-of-the-art technology, unmatched programming and industry
leading customer service to more than 30 million customers in the U.S. and
Latin America. In the U.S., DIRECTV offers its 19.4 million customers access
to more than 170 HD channels and Dolby-Digital(R) 5.1 theater-quality sound,
access to exclusive sports programming such as NFL SUNDAY TICKET(TM), Emmy-
award winning technology and higher customer satisfaction than the leading
cable companies for ten years running. DIRECTV Latin America, through its
subsidiaries and affiliated companies in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina,
Venezuela, Colombia, and other Latin American countries, leads the pay-TV
category in technology, programming and service, delivering an unrivaled
digital television experience to more than 10.6 million customers. DIRECTV
sports and entertainment properties include three Regional Sports Networks
(Northwest, Rocky Mountain and Pittsburgh) as well as a 60 percent interest
in Game Show Network. For the most up-to-date information on DIRECTV, please
visit http://www.directv.com
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Contact Details:

Lucy Houghton
Chameleon PR
+44(0)20 7680 5500
lucy.houghton@chameleonpr.com [blocked::lucy.houghton@chameleonpr.com ]

Source: Pace plc

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