
PRESS RELEASE
Linear and Acrodyne Announce Sales Agreement

April 11, 2008, Elgin IL. Linear Industries Inc
and Acrodyne Industries Inc announce a joint agreement to develop,
promote and support a complete line of economic solid state
digital TV transmitters for North America. Gustavo Figueiredo,
President of LINEAR Industries said "Acrodyne has a great
reputation and this product compliments their existing high
power transmitter line". Figueiredo said "LINEAR will
still manufacture our own series of transmitters and still deliver
excellent quality budget friendly products to the industry,
the two lines offered by both Acrodyne and Linear are complimentary
and designed to meet vast and different needs of North American
broadcasters." Perry Priestley Vice President of Sales
for LINEAR said" The new line of digital TV transmitters
is ideal for the analog Translator and LPTV broadcaster looking
for a cost effective solution with quality and performance".
Priestley went on to say "This line is rugged, well constructed
and offers all the performance you would expect from a top of
the line technology. Nat Ostroff, President and CEO of Acrodyne
said "Ai will support the thousands of low and medium power
products that Acrodyne installed in the field since 1968".
Ostroff went on to say "The same highly regarded service
and support organization will also support these new low power
products. This new line perfectly augments our current portfolio
providing Ai with a full range of digital TV transmitters".
About Linear
LINEAR Industries Inc, based in Elgin, IL (a suburb of Chicago)
offers assembly and support operations for Canadian, Mexican
and U.S. customers of a complete range of low and medium power
digital and analog TV Transmitters. LINEAR has been a leader
in the professional TV transmitter market for over 30 years
and is the prominent provider for Latin America. LINEAR has
a production line that includes VHF and UHF TV transmitters
from 10W to 15,000W as well as analog and digital microwave
systems. Linear has manufactured and installed more than 28,000
equipments in 40 countries worldwide.
About Acrodyne
Acrodyne Industries, Inc., the operating subsidiary of Acrodyne
Communications, Inc., a non-reporting public company, is an
established manufacturer of television broadcast equipment.
The corporate headquarters is located in Cockeysville, Maryland
(a suburb of Baltimore), and the manufacturing facility is in
the Oaks/Phoenixville area (a suburb of Philadelphia). In business
for more than 35 years, the company has developed a leading
position as a technologically advanced high-quality producer
of transmitters used by television stations to broadcast and
retransmit their signals.
Go to http://www.acrodyne.com/info_press.htm
for Acrodyne's press release:
"Acrodyne (Ai) Announces an Addition
to its Transmitter Product Line"
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