Press Release

• Espial® Escape® browser provides an environment for developing on demand portal content services and Internet on TV while allowing operators to retain Operational Control and branding.
• Espial Escape has been integrated on the WEGENER SMD-515 set top box to ensure faster time to deployment for operators.

TelcoTV (Booth 532) – San Diego, CA, November 9, 2005 — Espial®, a leading provider of client IPTV applications and middleware announced today that Wegener® Corporation (Nasdaq: WGNR), has integrated Espial Escape® into its IP set top, SMD 515. This new IPTV set-top box will include new Web services, powered by Espial Escape that will help operators Own their IPTV Subscribers and create an IPTV experience that keeps viewers captivated.

With WEGENER's SMD 515 set top box integrated with Espial Escape, operators can easily develop standards-based interactive portal services to deliver news, weather, sports or games, while also provide an engaging Internet on TV experience for consumers to access the most popular sites on the web via their TV.

“We chose Espial Escape because of its strong functionality and features that are proven in the market,” said Rich Tarpley, VP Business Development for IP Solutions at WEGENER. “Adding new Web services and providing Interactive TV gives our customers even more ways to differentiate their offering, and Espial Escape ensures a rapid time-to-market that is crucial in this competitive IPTV market.”

Espial Escape features the latest television and W3C standards by offering HTML 4, JavaScript 1.5, DOM1, DOM2-Events, CSS2.1, CSS-TV, and DVB-HTML to offer a rich and dynamic environment for content creation.

WEGENER's streaming media decoder, SMD -515, supports MPEG-4/h.264 and MPEG-2 decoding. The IP set top fully supports both SD and HD video, optional PVR and rapid integration of 3 rd party applications, such as Espial Escape.

“The Espial Escape browser allows operators to respond quickly to their subscribers interests, demands or requests by allowing the rapid creation of new applications or services,” said Dilshan De Silva , Director of Marketing for Espial's browser business “For example, operators have the flexibility to quickly develop holiday themed services for their subscribers and deploy them only for a certain period during a holiday season. Our customers rely on our broad experience in the STB market to provide these types of interactive services their customers demand.”

Learn more about Espial Escape during TelcoTV November 9-10, 2005 at Espial's booth 532. WEGENER SMD -515 demonstrations can be seen at TelcoTV in WEGENER's booth 101.

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About Espial

Espial is a leading provider of client middleware and applications for set-top boxes and consumer electronic devices. Espial applications include User Settings Management, Electronic Program Guides, Video on Demand, Interactive Content Portals and Web browsing. Espial provides a Beyond Brandable™ user interface that enables the operator to customize their offering so that they can ‘Own their IPTV Subscribers'. The company is the recipient of the Deloitte and Touche 'Fast 500' top companies in North America three years running. Espial software is deployed and accredited for more than 100 consumer designs such as, Siemens, Motorola, Sumitomo Electric Networks, Amino Thomson, Philips, i3Micro Technologies, LodgeNet, OnCommand and S-Net Systems. Espial can be found on the web at www.espial.com.

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.

Media Contact:

Meredith Dundas

Marketing Communications Manager, Espial

+1.613.230.4770 x 1142

mdundas@espial.com