Pace Delivers Building Blocks for Sky New Zealand's IGLOO

Pace Delivers Building Blocks for Sky New Zealand's IGLOO PR Newswire SALTAIRE, England, July 16, 2012 SALTAIRE, England, July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pace to provide software and services with hardware to support new IGLOO TV service, bringing free-to-air and on- demand content to new audiences in New Zealand Pace plc today announced that it is providing the services and technology behind SKY New Zealand and TVNZ's innovative new TV service, IGLOO. IGLOO will run Pace's new and innovative Elements software platform on a Pace DVB-T2 Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) hybrid IP set-top box to offer consumers digital TV services, Video on Demand (VOD) and a dynamic user interface for navigating and selecting content. Pace is also providing systems integration and consulting services to support the new service platform's development and rollout to New Zealand's TV viewers. The IGLOO service, which soft-launched to a group of customers at the end of June, delivers a fully integrated broadcast and broadband TV solution. Once installed, IGLOO provides consumers with all terrestrial free-to-air channels for free. In addition, they get access to a pre-paid premium channel pack, pay-per-view sporting events and a transactional video on demand (TVOD) catalogue of over 1000 items. In providing these options, the IGLOO pre-pay model is designed to offer consumers unparalleled flexibility and content choices.