Pace Micro Technology has cemented its relationship with News Corporation by concluding a deal to supply Sky Italia customers with set-top boxes.
The value of the contract with Pace is unknown but it is still a much-needed filip for the set-top box manufacturer, which endured a difficult 2002, interspersed with profit warnings and layoffs (see Pace Falls Into The Red As Digital Box Sales Decline).
Pace already has close links with News Corp as a result of its supply arrangement with BSkyB and recently agreed to provide STBs to Foxtel in Australia. The company will start shipping boxes to Italy this summer ahead of the full launch of Sky Italia in September.