PIC.L Share News (PIC)

Digital TV set-top box maker Pace is delivering the strong operating performance expected by the board.“Pace has continued to capitalise on its excellent position in the growing global market for digital TV technology,” said chief executive officer Neil Gaydon. “The strong operating performance anticipated for the full year that was outlined in our trading update on 7 April 2009 and reiterated in the AGM statement on 22 April 2009 remains unchanged,” Gaydon added.Pace said in April that it was seeing increased demand across many of the group’s global markets, with the firm increasingly becoming the supplier of choice for many of its payTV operator customers.The company will announce its interim results on 27 July.