Wegener Receives US$
1.2 Million Order For Digital Signage Project
(28 April 2008) Wegener Corporation, a
leading provider of equipment for television, audio and data distribution
networks world-wide, today announced a $1.2 million order for a digital signage
project for the financial services industry.
The new order was
received during Wegener's second quarter of fiscal 2008 and shipments are
scheduled for delivery during Wegener's third quarter of fiscal 2008, which
ends on May 30, 2008.
This order represents the launch of Wegener's new
iPump 562 enterprise media server. The iPump 562 media server supports
bandwidth-saving features, such as MPEG-4/h.264 video decompression, file-based
workflows and DVB-S2 satellite demodulation. These features can be used in
combination to create customised, high quality high definition (HD) and
standard definition (SD) video channels for digital signage applications.
Wegener's end-to-end control and playout solution provides a cost-effective
approach to supporting multi- site enterprise video projects with high levels
of customisation per television screen.
"We are pleased to expand the
list of customers using our digital signage solutions and this order represents
a powerful launch for our new MPEG-4 HD iPump media server product," stated Ned
L. Mountain, President and COO of Wegener. "This new product will be used in
many hundreds of bank lobbies to display videos, up to the minute exchange
rates and queue information. Digital signage has emerged as a growth area for
us and the new iPump 562 vastly expands our range of
solutions."
Wegener's complete digital signage solution allows unique
programming content within individual retail departments, regions or stores
that can be distributed and updated by central network operators. To ensure
reliable full time operations Wegener leverages broadcast expertise and
advanced network control capabilities to remotely control each receiver for
'hands-free' operation. Employees at display locations do not have to manage or
interact with the receivers because functions and upgrades are scheduled and
managed remotely from the COMPEL network control system at the central
operations centre. Wegener iPump video decoders are optimised for superior
video splicing between advertisements.
About Wegener
Wegener
(Wegener Communications, Inc.), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wegener
Corporation, is an international provider of digital solutions for video,
audio, and IP data networks. Applications include IP data delivery, broadcast
television, cable television, radio networks, business television, distance
education, business music and financial information distribution. COMPEL,
Wegener's patented network control system, provides networks with unparalleled
ability to regionalize programming and commercials. COMPEL network control
capability is integrated into Wegener digital satellite
receivers.
(source: Wegener)
