CEI Names Whitebloom Vice President
 Of Sales and Marketing

Newington, VA – April 16, 2009 – Communications Engineering, Inc. (CEI) announced today that it has made a significant addition to its management team by naming Phil Whitebloom, a 22-year veteran of the broadcast and multi-media industry, vice president of Sales and Marketing for CEI.

Whitebloom will be responsible for the overall direction and strategies of CEI’s growing sales and marketing team. CEI and its subsidiary, CEI Sales, LLC, which focuses on product sales, have seen rapid increases in their business in recent years. Whitebloom’s extensive experience in the planning and execution of sales activities will enable CEI to effectively keep pace with this growth and respond quickly to customer needs.

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NASCAR Media Group Selects CEI for New HD Production Center at Hall of Fame Facility

Newington, VA – April 14, 2009 – Communications Engineering, Inc. (CEI) announced today that it has been selected by the NASCAR Media Group to integrate and build a new High-Definition (HD) production facility in downtown Charlotte, NC, featuring control rooms, studio, editing suites, audio sweetening room, archiving, digital MATV system and many other areas covering six floors and 100,000 square feet of two adjoining buildings. The new facility will utilize the latest wideband 3Gigabit HD processing and distribution technologies.

The production center is part of the new NASCAR Plaza and NASCAR Hall of Fame under construction in Charlotte. In addition to the multimedia production capabilities, the facility will include a 24/7 news center to service media and news organizations by providing a broad range of content services covering all aspects of stock car auto racing, as well as serving non-industry clientele interested in the highest quality facilities available in Charlotte.  CEI will be responsible for all aspects of the project, including final design, equipment procurement, systems integration, installation, testing, training and overall project management as well as some elements of ongoing technical support.  

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Opening Day at Camden Yards Features Debut of New HD Production System Built By CEI

Newington, VA – April 6, 2009 – Baltimore Orioles fans will experience Oriole Park at Camden Yards in a whole new way when the 2009 baseball season starts today thanks to the debut of a new high-definition (HD) digital production system designed and built by Communications Engineering, Inc. (CEI).

The Maryland Stadium Authority, which operates Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the premiere site for sports and entertainment activities in Baltimore, brought in CEI to upgrade the existing analog facilities to a modern HD production facility. The new system, which will officially go into operation at today’s first game of the season, can originate HD programming to the stadium’s new HD LED video displays.  The system will also generate two new HD channels to add custom HD content to the in-house cable system. The project resulted in a modern event-day presentation that incorporates the latest HD capabilities.

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CEI Sales Team Grows With Addition
Of Industry Veteran Motta

Newington, VA – Feb. 26, 2009 – Communications Engineering, Inc. (CEI) announced today that it has expanded its sales and customer service capabilities by adding industry veteran Chuck Motta as sales representative, Outside Sales for CEI Sales, LLC.

Motta, who has more than 40 years of experience in the broadcast industry, comes to CEI Sales from Chyron Corporation in Melville, NY, where he was most recently director of National Accounts for the ChyTV Group, with responsibility for special accounts, OEMs, large retail accounts and government agencies. Previously, he was manager of the Mid-Atlantic Region and general manager of the Government Systems Division at Chyron. At CEI Sales, he will focus on serving existing customers and expanding CEI’s business opportunities with government and commercial clients by emphasizing broadcast, A/V and multimedia equipment sales.

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Baltimore's WBAL Goes Live in HD as CEI Completes New Production System

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Newington, VA – Jan. 5, 2009 – WBAL-TV, the NBC affiliate in Baltimore, today began live high-definition (HD) news broadcasts utilizing the new HD digital production system which has been designed, integrated and built by Communications Engineering, Inc. (CEI). WBAL, which reaches about 1 million households, broadcasted its mid-day and evening news programs in HD today and plans to televise five news shows daily in HD.

CEI’s primary responsibilities in the upgrade project for WBAL included designing and constructing a new HD video control room, audio control room, HD news production studio, a core equipment room and a video control area. The project resulted in the modernization and expansion of the existing production facilities to allow WBAL to broadcast in HD.

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CEI Putting Finishing Touches On Newseum HD Production and A/V Systems

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Newington, VA – Feb.25, 2008 – Communications Engineering, Inc. (CEI) announced today it is wrapping up work on the integration and installation of broadcasting and audio-visual equipment in numerous control rooms, theaters and studios at the soon-to-open Newseum, the 250,000-square-foot museum of news near the White House in Washington, D.C.

The Newseum, one of the most technologically advanced museums in the world, features hands-on exhibits, theaters and studios that cover 500 years of news history and news-gathering capabilities. It is expected to open April 11. CEI’s role included designing and building several production control rooms, installing audio and video equipment in the Newseum theaters and studios, installing network equipment connected to interactive areas throughout the museum, and building the sophisticated master control room. CEI is currently completing equipment installation and conducting tests on the systems.

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