Auroras Entertainment and WEGENER Team Up To Bring COMPEL Content Control and Blackout Management to IPTV

Auroras Entertainment and WEGENER Team Up To Bring COMPEL Content Control and Blackout Management to IPTV

KALISPELL, Mont., March 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Auroras Entertainment, LLC and Wegener Corporation (NASDAQ:WGNR) announced today that they have entered into an agreement under which Auroras has licensed WEGENER's COMPEL Network Control system for use in IPTV, bringing world-class network control, including blackout management for sporting content, to IPTV.

Auroras, a leader in IPTV content, infrastructure and services, will utilize WEGENER's COMPEL framework in order to provide superior network control throughout its nationwide IPTV network. Because of the unique infrastructure that IPTV is delivered upon, a single IPTV headend can service extremely large geographic regions, making the traditional approach for regional programming and blackout management of sporting events currently used at the cable-television headend impractical. The first Set Top Box (STB) to support the new Auroras/WEGENER IPTV COMPEL product will be WEGENER's own SMD- 515 MPEG-4 IPTV STB.

"We needed a system that was not only flexible and customizable, but one that was proven as well. WEGENER's COMPEL Network Control System fits the bill perfectly," said Mike Kazmier, President and Chief Technology Officer at Auroras. "In particular, managing the complex rules and regulations surrounding blackout management of live sporting events is a daunting task by itself. IPTV only magnifies the problem because of its far reaching ability. The solution to be provided by Auroras and WEGENER not only solves the problem, it does so transparently, independent of middleware or other factors in the IPTV network. WEGENER's experience and leadership in network control will be essential to providing a seamless, integrated solution to our customers."

"Auroras is a leading provider of IPTV, and this is a new frontier in television delivery," said Ned Mountain, President of WEGENER. "Working with Auroras allows us to translate our 15 years of control system experience into solutions for this emerging market. We are excited that Auroras sees value in working with WEGENER on many fronts, including COMPEL."

About Auroras:

Auroras is a customer-focused, end-to-end IPTV service provider dedicated to ensuring that smaller broadband service providers can compete -- and win -- in the race to offer advanced television entertainment services. By leveraging advanced Edge technologies, the Auroras service platform delivers to its customers all of the tools for the On-Demand world. More information about Auroras can be found at www.auroras.tv.

About WEGENER's COMPEL:

COMPEL(R) provides reliable control of broadcast networks in real-time and is Wegener's 5th generation of network control system. Today, Compel systems worldwide control well over 100,000 commercial downlink sites for major sporting, audio and global networks.

About WEGENER:

WEGENER (Wegener Communications, Inc.), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wegener Corporation (NASDAQ:WGNR), 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. WEGENER can be reached at +1.770.814.4000 or on the World Wide Web at www.wegener.com.

COMPEL, MEDIAPLAN, ENVOY, UNITY, and iPUMP are trademarks of WEGENER Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Disclaimer:

This news release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and the Company intends that such forward- looking statements are subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Forward- looking statements may be identified by words such as "believes," "expects," "projects," "plans," "anticipates," and similar expressions, and include, for example, statements relating to expectations regarding future sales, income and cash flows. Forward-looking statements are based upon the Company's current expectations and assumptions, which are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to: customer acceptance and effectiveness of recently introduced products, development of additional business for the Company's digital video and audio transmission product lines, effectiveness of the sales organization, the successful development and introduction of new products in the future, delays in the conversion by private and broadcast networks to next generation digital broadcast equipment, acceptance by various networks of standards for digital broadcasting, the Company's liquidity position and capital resources, general market conditions which may not improve during fiscal year 2006 and beyond, and success of the Company's research and development efforts aimed at developing new products. Discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties are provided in detail in the Company's periodic filings with the SEC, including the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. Since these statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the Company's actual results could differ materially from expected results. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statement was made. The Company does not undertake and specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward- looking statements.

Source: Wegener Corporation; Auroras Entertainment, LLC

CONTACT: Auroras, Travis Clark of Auroras Entertainment,
+1-406-752-6555, or tclark@auroras.tv; or WEGENER, Troy Woodbury, Investor
Relations, or Melanie Charles, Public Relations, of Wegener Corporation,
+1-770-814-4000, or fax, +1-770-623-9648, or info@wegener.com

Web site: http://www.wegener.com/
http://www.auroras.tv/
http://www.wegener.com/

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