[citation needed] In January 1999, Pace purchased the set top box division of Acorn Computers,[6] and converted it into its office in Cambridge.

[3] In the following years, Pace owned the operating system RISC OS, and used technologies based on it in its decoder equipment.

[8] 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.

[10] In February 2005, Pace in conjunction with Australian subscription television provider Foxtel launched the first DVB-C PVR.

[12] In April 2008, Pace acquired the 'Set-Top Box and Connectivity Solutions' division of Royal Philips Electronics, approximately doubling the size of the company.

The combination was conditional on, amongst other things, shareholder approval from both Pace and Arris shareholders and also the receipt of merger control clearances in a number of jurisdictions including Brazil, Colombia, Germany, Portugal, South Africa and the United States.