Wegener Is Highly Compatible With ViaSat

Wegener Corporation [NASDAQ:WGNR) announced the operation of live video broadcasts on a VSAT network from ViaSat Inc. [NASDAQ:VSAT), revealing the compatibility of Wegener’s video overlay solution for VSAT networks. VSAT networks provide bandwidth solutions for distributing interactive IP data between thousands of data centers, retail locations, corporate LANS, schools, the Internet, and home offices. Using standard ViaSat LinkStar uplink and downlink equipment, Wegener added live, high definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) video streams to a VSAT network traditionally used to transmit data files. The artifact-free video was successfully decoded by the Wegener SMD 515 IPTV set-top box. For the initial configuration, continuous IP multicasts of MPEG-2 HD and SD video were fed through ViaSat’s uplink switch, QoS and modulator, before transmission over a Ku satellite link. At the receive end, the signal was processed by a ViaSat LinkStar terminal—ultimately the WEGENER SMD 515 IPTV set top box decoded the video streams—Duluth, Georgia