Pace plc was a British company who developed set-top boxes (STBs), advanced residential gateways, software and services for the pay-TV and broadband services industry. Pace's customers included cable, telco, satellite and IPTV operators. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange until December 2015, when the company received the last of the regulatory clearances needed to allow a merger with Arris Group to proceed. In 2019, Arris was subsequently acquired by network infrastructure provider CommScope. History The company was founded by Yorkshire born businessmen Barry Rubery, David Hood and Robert Fleming in 1982, taking the name Pace Micro Supplies in 1983, eventually being renamed to Pace Micro Technology plc in 1987. It introduced the first low cost commercially available modems in 1985. In 1987, it started selling its first analogue satellite set top receivers. In 1996, it introduced the world's first DVB decoders, for Australian satellite company Galaxy. Pace was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1996. In 1998, the company started shipping digital satellite television equipment for BSkyB. In January 1999, Pace purchased the set top box division of Acorn Computers, and converted it into its office in Cambridge. In the following years, Pace owned the GUI RISC OS, and used technologies based on it in its decoder equipment. The office in Cambridge was closed in March 2003. With Pace focusing on the digital television market, Pace's modem business had been separated from the parent company as the result of a management buy-out, but this new company, PMC Electronics, was placed into receivership in August 1999. Pace started delivering products to Comcast in the United States in June 2000; the company also delivers to AT&T and DirecTV. 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. In March 2002, Pace became the first company to market free-to-view personal video recorders (PVRs). In February 2005, Pace in conjunction with Australian subscription television provider Foxtel launched the first DVB-C PVR. In April 2006, Neil Gaydon became CEO, taking over from John Dyson, and Mike McTighe became the chairman, taking over from Sir Michael Bett. In April 2008, Pace acquired the 'Set-Top Box and Connectivity Solutions' division of Royal Philips Electronics, approximately doubling the size of the company. In May 2008, Pace changed its name from Pace