March 10, 2004

By: Matt Arp
Website: http://www.1st-in-hdtv.com

Winegard Company and Dotcast form joint venture

Winegard Company, an innovator and pioneer in product design, performance and manufacturing of antenna technology, announced today the forming of a joint venture with Dotcast Inc., a leader in broadcast communications technology, to deliver a family of antennas that promises to radically improve digital TV reception. Bob Howell, Director of Distribution Systems/Off-Air Antenna Division said, "Dotcast has a patent -pending, low noise amplifier system optimized for the VHF/UHF TV frequency band.

Winegard has the antenna knowledge, manufacturing capabilities, and distribution chain. We entered into this venture to leverage Dotcast's technology and build innovative products that will have an impact on the consumer market." The new antenna systems are based on Dotcast's proprietary digital architecture, which enables reception that is as much as 225 times more powerful than traditional rabbit ears, yet fits in a sleek design smaller than one-third the size of a typical indoor TV antenna. Dotcast's high-gain digital TV antenna architecture is currently commercially deployed as part of the Walt Disney Company's MovieBeamTM movies-on-demand service.

"By teaming with Winegard, we will deliver clear and reliable digital reception for a variety of consumer applications," said Leo Hoarty, Dotcast founder and chief technical officer. "With a half century of antenna manufacturing and marketing expertise, Winegard is the ideal partner for manufacturing and distributing our digital antenna designs."

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