SKY Italia Selects Pace Micro for the Launch of Italy's First PVR for payTV

Business Wire, Jan 11, 2006

SALTAIRE, England -- Pace Micro Technology plc (LSE:PIC), the leading dedicated innovator of technology solutions for the payTV industry, has been selected by SKY Italia as the launch partner to provide personal video recorder (PVR) set-top boxes for its new 'MySKY' service. E[acute accent]The PVR Pace has developed for SKY Italia features the latest in PVR technology, most importantly a 160Gb hard disk drive, which will enable MySKY subscribers to record up to 60 hours of digital quality programming. In addition subscribers will benefit from the greater viewing flexibility PVR provides as they can pause or rewind live TV and fast forward at the touch of a button, time-shift and automatically record multiple episodes in a series. E[acute accent]The MySKY PVR also incorporates integrated twin tuners, which allow one programme to be recorded while watching another, or two programmes to be recorded at the same time while watching a previously recorded programme. E[acute accent]Mark Williams, SKY Italia COO commented: "PVR is an essential part of our future strategy and will complement our core digital service. Having worked with Pace for our initial service launch we are delighted that our customers will be using Pace technology again for PVR". E[acute accent]Sandy Barblett, Pace's Regional Director for EMEA, added: "We're delighted that SKY Italia has selected Pace for its MySKY launch as PVR is one of the most advanced, revenue-creating technologies available to digital TV operators today. PVR is a 'must have' technology for all payTV operators and, through our experience of PVR launches with companies such as Sky Digital in the UK, Foxtel in Australia and Premiere in Germany, we will be able to provide expert support as SKY Italia begins to transform its customers' viewing experience."

E[acute accent]About Sky Italia

E[acute accent]SKY Italia, the Italian satellite platform fully owned by News Corp., was officially launched in July 2003. The platform currently broadcasts over 160 TV, audio, interactive and pay per view channels ranging from sports to cinema, news, entertainment, documentaries, children, music and much more. As of September 2005, SKY have more than 3,400,000 customers with 95% of the subscribers that have chosen the premium packages that include cinema and/or sports. E[acute accent]www.skytv.it

E[acute accent]About Pace Micro Technology

E[acute accent]Pace Micro Technology plc (LSE:PIC) is a leader in digital television technology. The Company's primary focus is the development of innovative set-top box solutions for operators, broadcasters, telecommunications companies and retail markets worldwide. E[acute accent]Pace's head office is in Shipley West Yorkshire, with further offices in the USA, Hong Kong, Germany and France. For further information, please visit Pace's web site at www.pacemicro.com.