California Amplifier Supplies Digital TV Project

California Amplifier of Camarillo announced that it has reached an agreement to supply wireless downconverters to Channel Master of Smithfield, N.C.

The downconverters, which process satellite signals into a form that can be displayed on television, will support Channel Master’s contract with TELE-TV Systems of Reston, Va., to build the antennas, downconverters and related accessories for TELE-TV’s wireless digital television.

TELE-TV’s partners--Bell Atlantic, NYNEX and Pacific Telesis--expect to offer a wireless digital television service early next year. Terms of the contract with Channel Master were not disclosed.

California Amplifier designs and manufactures a line of amplifiers, downconverters, antennas and integrated products for the reception of microwave signals used primarily in conjunction with the delivery of multichannel television.

The company also manufactures MultiCipher, a broadband scrambling technology used to encode and decode multichannel television signals. Uses for these products include wireless cable television systems, home satellite dishes and commercial satellite television Earth systems.