BT ends YouView contract with Pace

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December 10, 2012

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According to reports in the Financial Times, BT has terminated its contract with Pace who were due to provide their YouView boxes.

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Anne Tucker Anne Tucker has been in the media and advertising industry since 2001. Currently heading up the research division at Mediatel, she has held roles across the company overseeing data, news and AV. Before joining Mediatel in 2005, she was Research Manager at The Allmond Partnership media agency, having spent several years prior to that in retail and change management.

According to reports in the Financial Times, BT has terminated its contract with Pace who were due to provide its YouView boxes.

BT has been partnering with set-top-box manufacturer Humax since its YouView box launch in October, with the intention of using Pace boxes at a later date.

Humax are already providing the YouView boxes for rival telecomms company TalkTalk.

TalkTalk has recently announced that since its free YouView box offer, they have installed 29,000 TalkTalk YoUView boxes, with a further 1,ooo being added each day.