WEGENER Ties One On With Programmer

Wegener Corporation [NASDAQ: WGNR) has announced a large U.S. cable programmer is using WEGENER satellite receiver equipment to distribute its hi-def video programming service to its cable and satellite affiliates. The network launched recently and is currently distributed to millions of television subscribers nationwide through agreements with major cable multiple system operators and satellite direct to home services. As part of its daily broadcast operations, the network will employ a full complement of WEGENER linear video distribution solutions, including Unity(R: 45.34, -0.27, -0.59%) 4600 satellite receivers, COMPEL(R: 45.34, -0.27, -0.59%) network control system, and COMPEL encryption. The Unity 4600 receiver is a professional-grade device that provides digital reception of SD and HD television signals. COMPEL Control(R: 45.34, -0.27, -0.59%) will provide the network with the ability to support multiple live programs, regionalize commercial insertions and remotely control and re-tune WEGENER receivers—Duluth, Georgia

Additionally, the company has also received orders totaling more than US$1.4m from one of its largest customers for their new Unity 552 Enterprise Media Receiver. This unit has bandwidth-efficient MPEG-4/H.265 video coding for standard and hi-def video, digital and analog outputs, as well as DVB-S2 demodulation. The orders are expected to be the first of a series of orders from the customer for a complete network upgrade to Unity 552—Duluth, Georgia