DULUTH, Ga. and SAN DIEGO -- Wegener Corporation (Nasdaq: WGNR ), a leading provider of television, audio and data distribution networks worldwide, today announced integration with Verimatrix's VideoMark™, its patent pending user-specific forensic watermarking technology into WEGENER's IPTV set top. VideoMark, an available feature of the Verimatrix Content Authority System (VCAS), is the industry's first robust and invisible content tracking solution that enables forensic, user-specific marking of individual video copies to track piracy to the individual IPTV set top.

“WEGENER's strategy is to deploy viable HD solutions for IPTV,” stated Robert Placek, CEO and Chairman of Wegener Corporation. “Our partnership with Verimatrix is highly valued and welcomed by our Telco clients launching IPTV services. Verimatrix is a proven leader in the world of software-based security for IPTV.”

“WEGENER understands security is a critical component to any deployment of revenue generating IPTV services,” stated Ross Cooper, President of Verimatrix. “Operators of IP networks directly benefit from Verimatrix's integrated forensic watermarking as many content owners have indicated they will mandate the use of digital watermarking for high definition (HD) content. We look forward to supporting WEGENER and their customers to showcase high quality live and on-demand programming.”

Wegener Corp.