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To: BillyG who wrote (48525)	2/1/2000 5:14:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Pace pitches COFDM to FCC............................ digitalbroadcasting.com{73BC5554-D505-11D3-8C19-009027DE0829}&Bucket=Latest+Headlines Pace Asks To Meet With FCC Over COFDM More... Sinclair Calls Zenith VSB Demos ?Misleading and Possibly Flawed? Scientific-Atlanta Snags $90M Set-Top Deal With Adelphia SGI Stems Red Ink Wink Airs Over 1,000 Interactive Ads in Latest Quarter 1/28/00 By Tom Butts UK-based Pace Micro Technology plc is entering the US DTV modulation debate, requesting a meeting with the Federal Communications Commission to discuss the viability of the COFDM standard. Pace, the largest manufacturer of digital set-tops in Europe, threw its support behind the European-based COFDM standard in a letter to FCC Chairman William Kennard. In the letter, Pace Marketing Manager David Novak said that the growing commercial acceptance of DTV in the UK was due to ease of reception and low-cost set top boxes, citing the early success of the ONdigital terrestrial DTV service, which has signed up 520,000 subscribers in a little over a year. Pace?which currently has no commercial television presence in the US market?has signed an agreement to supply digital cable set top boxes to Time Warner Cable over the next three years, but Novak said the company is reluctant to introduce further products in the US because of its concern over the adoption of the 8-VSB modulation standard in the US. Novak cited the low cost of DTV set tops in the UK and said COFDM would stimulate the acceptance of DTV in the US. ?If a US COFDM standard were announced today, our belief is we could have DTV receivers/STBs on the retail shelves by the Christmas shopping season this year,? Novak wrote. ?It is also felt that the retail price of such an STB could be as low as $300?$400. This is 50% less than the lowest US DTV receiver price currently available.? A spokesperson for Sinclair Broadcasting Group (Baltimore), which is leading the effort to add COFDM to the US DTV standard, called the letter a ?significant development? in the debate. The letter ?has opened a fissure in the consumer electronics manufacturers? wall of silence,? says Mark Hyman. ?Now that a global leader in DTV receiver development and sales has weighed in on behalf of COFDM, other manufacturers may soon follow.? Mark Richer, on the other hand, is skeptical that Pace could produce a lower cost box. Citing lack of specifics over audio standards or HD compatibility, the executive director for the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), which promotes the US-based DTV standard, says he ?finds it hard to believe that anyone could build an equivalent lower-cost box based on the COFDM standard. ?Most of the major consumer electronics manufacturers make products for both VSB and COFDM,? Richer says. ?I don?t think any of those companies would say that it is cheaper to build a COFDM box.? "I don't think their views on the US DTV standard are especially relevant since, to the best of my knowledge, they have never sold a single unit in the US," adds Michael Petricone, VP, Technology Policy for the Consumer Electronics Association. "Far more relevent is the support for VSB shown by Motorola, a huge presence in the American set-top box market."

To: BillyG who wrote (48525)	2/2/2000 9:24:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Wegener, a Divicom partner. Used to be a $3 stock, today $6 and 7/8............................... newsalert.com February 02, 2000 08:49 Wegener Communications Exhibits at Satellite 2000 Show Jump to first matched term WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Wegener Corporation (Nasdaq: WGNR), announced it is exhibiting at the 19th annual Satellite 2000 Conference and Exhibition. Satellite 2000, sponsored by Phillips Business Information, Inc. is an international satellite and space conference and exhibition showcasing the manufacture, launch, operation and application of satellites. The Satellite 2000 Show is being held February 2-4 at the Washington Convention and Exposition Center in Washington, D.C. Wegener Communications will be demonstrating its complete line of digital satellite communications products for broadcasting, cable and private satellite network applications. These products are used in the distribution of video, audio and data over satellite. The following products will be on display: The UNITY-IP Data Broadcast System provides cable operators, broadcasters and information service providers (ISP's) a method for high-efficiency transmission of IP Data over Satellite. The system delivers data rates up to 50 Mbps for high-bandwidth Internet, streaming video and audio content. By using satellite to deliver high-demand content, delays due to clogged terrestrial communications lines are avoided. COMPEL, Wegener Communications' patented network management system, allows network operators to regionalize content and advertising through total IRD (Integrated Receiver Decoder) control. New software application modules being demonstrated include COMPEL Web Access and COMPEL Bandwidth On Demand. COMPEL Web Access allows control of IRD's from anywhere in the world through the Internet using simply a web client. COMPEL Bandwidth On Demand allows networks to manage use of transponder bandwidth and multiple uplinks from a single COMPEL server. ENVOY, the Digital Video Courier system, is Wegener's latest integrated video encoder and modulator designed for digital news and event gathering applications. Packaged in a compact 2 RU (Rack Unit) configuration, the ENVOY is easily integrated into satellite uplink vehicles and flyaway cases. ENVOY supports both 4:2:0 and 4:2:2 video encoding profiles and QPSK, 8PSK, and 16QAM modulation formats for increased satellite spectrum efficiency. In addition, Wegener has teamed with DiviCom to provide end-to-end best of class multi-channel encoding system solutions and is demonstrating these at the show. The encoding system includes multiple DiviCom MV 12 video encoders transmitting at different bit rates and chroma profiles, 4:2:2 and 4:2:0. COMPEL Control is added to the digital transport stream providing complete IRD management. Wegener's UNITY family of digital IRD's will also be demonstrated. The UNITY 4000 and 4422 Commercial Satellite Receivers are used by broadcast and cable affiliates to distribute high quality video for re-distribution. The UNITY401 Private Network Receiver is used to distribute video to business, retail and private network applications. 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 /CONTACT: Sally Campbell of Wegener Corporation, 770-814-4000, info@wegener.com/ /Web site: wegener.com (WGNR)