Pace plc
[citation needed] In January 1999, Pace purchased the set top box division of Acorn Computers,[6] and converted it into its office in Cambridge.[3] In the following years, Pace owned the operating system RISC OS, and used technologies based on it in its decoder equipment.[8] In 2001, Pace announced that it was outsourcing the last of the manufacturing capacity which remained at its location in Saltaire: the head office was reduced to an administration and development centre.[10] In February 2005, Pace in conjunction with Australian subscription television provider Foxtel launched the first DVB-C PVR.[12] In April 2008, Pace acquired the 'Set-Top Box and Connectivity Solutions' division of Royal Philips Electronics, approximately doubling the size of the company.
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