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Tuesday March 14, 6:30 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Wegener Corporation
Wegener Communications Announces COMPEL
Bandwidth on Demand
Will Provide Major Broadcast Networks State-of-the-Art Satellite Management Capabilities
DULUTH, Ga., March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Wegener Corporation (Nasdaq: WGNR - news), announced the introduction of
COMPEL Bandwidth on Demand, a leading-edge scheduling program allowing major broadcast television networks, private
corporate networks and other Wegener customers to automate the scheduling of satellite transmissions; including the setting of
correct frequencies, transponders and other equipment without the need for dedicated personnel. Bandwidth on Demand
enables the networks to more effectively manage their costly satellite bandwidth from a single COMPEL server and generate
significant time and cost efficiencies. Specific applications for COMPEL Bandwidth on Demand include remote satellite news
gathering and occasional satellite transponder use.
``The addition of Bandwidth on Demand to the COMPEL Control server provides our broadcast customers with a robust set
of satellite management solutions and positions Wegener as a leader in this important broadcast industry segment,' commented
Keith N. Smith, president of Wegener Communications. ``The COMPEL Control server represents the state-of-the-art in
satellite transmission and bandwidth management. Wegener is already an industry leader in the manufacturing of high-quality,
state-of-the-art hardware solutions for satellite communications. Now with COMPEL and subsets like Bandwidth on Demand,
Wegener has developed a seamless suite of software solutions to augment our sophisticated hardware offerings. We are
dedicated to developing and supporting additional COMPEL components that provide operating and cost efficiencies to our
customers along the entire Wegener product line.'
COMPEL Bandwidth on Demand is a graphical user interface (GUI) that links with Wegener's COMPEL IRD management
system. Remote SCPC (single channel per carrier) uplinks are controlled through the COMPEL Bandwidth on Demand
scheduler. The software recognizes available transponder segments and requests for bandwidth from remote uplinks. By
assembling all available bandwidth and demands for that bandwidth in a single application, a network operator can efficiently
utilize space segment and save costs.
COMPEL Bandwidth on Demand is part of a total remote uplink management system that includes a Compel Site Controller
and an ENVOY, the integrated digital video encoder and satellite modulator. The COMPEL Site Controller receives real-time
COMPEL commands and controls the ENVOY. As a remote uplink site readies to come on line, COMPEL Bandwidth on
Demand transmits control signals to the appropriate ENVOY to start transmitting its signal. At the end of the program segment,
COMPEL Bandwidth on Demand sends another command to turn the remote uplink transmit signal off.
``Managing occasional satellite transponder use has always been extremely difficult,' said Wegener Communications Vice
President, Marketing, Paul Harr. ``However, the power of COMPEL Bandwidth on Demand has overcome this problem and
allows network operators to save on transponder costs and manage their assets more efficiently.'
COMPEL Bandwidth on Demand will be demonstrated at NAB2000 (National Association of Broadcasters conference) in
Las Vegas, Nevada in April.
Wegener Communications is an international provider of digital solutions for IP data, video and audio networks. Applications
include IP data delivery, broadcast television, cable television, radio networks, business television, distance education, business
music, satellite paging and financial information distribution. COMPEL, Wegener's patented network control system, provides
networks with unparalleled ability to regionalize programming and commercials through total receiver control. COMPEL
network control capability is integrated into Wegener digital satellite receivers. Wegener Communications can be reached at
+1.770.814.4000 or on the World Wide Web at www.wegener.com .
COMPEL, ENVOY, UNITY and UNITY-IP are trademarks of Wegener Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Certain of the above statements regarding Wegener constitute forward- looking statements, which may involve risks and
uncertainties. A variety of factors could cause the Company's actual results to differ from the anticipated results expressed in
such forward-looking statements.
SOURCE: Wegener Corporation
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