PRESS RELEASE

 

ENCO Systems and NPR® Announce First Shipments

of ContentDepot® Compliant Automation Systems

 

Southfield, Michigan, April 15, 2005: ENCO Systems Inc., a leading worldwide provider of Digital Audio Delivery Systems, today announced shipment of initial systems as part of ENCO’s agreement with National Public Radio® to supply a large number of automation systems to interconnected public radio stations.

 

NPR’s roll out of the ContentDepot® third generation Public Radio Satellite System, replaces multi-channel, real-time audio feeds with Internet-protocol streams and file transfer of programs.  NPR and ENCO have begun delivery of basic automation to interconnected public radio stations that either currently do not have an automation system or that have a system that cannot be made compliant with ContentDepot. ContentDepot shipments include ENCO Systems' DADpro32 software and ENCO-built automation hardware. The initial shipments will reach over 100 qualifying public radio stations by June 2005.

 

Eugene Novacek, P.E., President of ENCO Systems said, "we are thrilled to help NPR bring ContentDepot to reality. ENCO is pleased to welcome these public radio stations to our growing NPR DADpro32 user community.  In addition to new user stations, our existing NPR clients are taking opportunity to expand and update their systems for ContentDepot’s roll-out. Public radio has been a key component of our client base since the beginning and public radio will help us define the future for DADpro32."

 

"With the help of our partners like ENCO, the roll out of the ContentDepot is going to be a very exciting time for public radio" said Pete Loewenstein, NPR's Vice President for Distribution. “We expect to complete the transition to ContentDepot by fall 2005. By providing ENCO's DADpro32 system to qualifying stations, we know they'll have the automation and audio delivery tools necessary to implement ContentDepot."

About ENCO Systems (www.enco.com)

ENCO Systems is a leading provider of Digital Audio Delivery Systems for demanding television and radio organizations worldwide. ENCO is headquartered in Southfield, Michigan with offices in California, Minnesota, New York, and the United Kingdom and retains distributors throughout the world.

About NPR (www.npr.org)

NPR is renowned for journalistic excellence and standard-setting news and entertainment programming. A privately supported, non-profit, membership organization, NPR serves a growing audience of more than 22 million Americans each week via more than 770 public radio stations. International partners in cable, satellite and short-wave services make NPR programming accessible anywhere in the world. NPR also manages the Public Radio Satellite System (PRSS), which distributes programming from NPR and other producers to interconnected stations nationwide.

 

For further information on ENCO Systems, Inc. contact Neil Price, Vice President of Marketing, ENCO Systems, Inc., 29444 Northwestern Highway, MI 48034 USA Tel: 800-362-6797 or 248-827-4440 Fax: 248-827-4441 or e-mail: price@enco.com. Additional information about ENCO is available on their website: www.enco.com.

 

Authorized For Immediate Release, April 15, 2005

Eugene Novacek, P.E. - President

ENCO Systems, Inc.

ENCO Systems, Ltd.