Blonder Tongue Tackles Piracy At the NCTA Show.

Business Editors

OLD BRIDGE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 2001

Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc. (AMEX:BDR) a manufacturer of electronics and systems equipment for the franchised and private cable television industries, will exhibit at the National Cable Television Association (NCTA) Show, June 11 - 13 in Chicago, IL, with its HomeControl(TM) Interdiction Signal Security Equipment as the centerpiece of its product offerings.

The NCTA Broadband & Internet Security Task Force has done an outstanding job of educating the industry on the pervasive problem of signal theft. According to the 2000 Report on Cable Industry Lost Revenue, published by the NCTA, cable theft represents lost revenues exceeding $6.6 billion annually. This means that 10.96% to 16.07%, or an average of 11.48% of all homes passed by cable are stealing basic service and 6.55% to 11.55%, or an average of 9.5% are stealing premium and pay-per-view service in every cable system. When this data is viewed in terms of "Basic Cable" subscribers, cable theft accounts for 11,109,000 subscribers making theft the third largest MSO in the nation according to Broadcasting and Cable magazine's July 10, 2000 issue.

According to operators of Interdiction systems that attended the third annual Blonder Tongue Interdiction Conference, Interdiction has proven to be the most effective weapon against signal theft to date, especially in MDU pocket deployments. Signal theft is eliminated, since Interdiction's a la carte signal control capability leaves the "black box" with no unauthorized signals to descramble and eliminates traps altogether.

Blonder Tongue's HomeControl Interdiction equipment is an ideal solution for maximizing subscriber revenues, with one of the highest ratios for return on investment. Equipment loss is eliminated, since with Interdiction there is no operator equipment located inside the subscriber's home. In addition, connects, disconnects, upgrades and downgrades are all remotely controlled via the operator's computer system, allowing for fewer truck rolls and fewer headaches.

Blonder Tongue will also be displaying their new QPSK to QAM Transcoder (the 6289 QQQT) for DigiCipher(R) II compatibility. The QQQT is an essential element of a system configuration that allows an operator to offer a state-of-the art digital television package that is both bandwidth-efficient and extremely low cost. This is accomplished by transcoding QPSK satellite signals to QAM and utilizing QAM set-tops in the home. DigiCipher II compatibility means support for services from WSNet & HITS, as well as Cancom & Star Choice(TM) in Canada. Since the launch of the DigiCipher II QAM program in April of 2001, Blonder Tongue has shipped nearly 1,000 transcoded channels of the QQQT.

This transcoder joins its predecessor, the 6189A QQQT, designed for EchoStar's DISH(TM) Commercial TV Service. An existing 30 MHz QPSK satellite transponder signal is transcoded to a 6 MHz QAM signal for distribution over cable to multiple subscribers. The QQQT allows operators the ability to offer a digital tier of over 200 channels in conjunction with QAM DSR-470 & DSR-471 set-top boxes from Motorola. The QQQT supports all existing QPSK transport streams that are currently in use for 64 QAM transcoding. Unique to the Blonder Tongue QQQT product, is its Remote Monitoring and Control Software. This capability is built into all units, allowing an operator to manage a headend from a distant location, thereby eliminating the need for a truck roll or lengthy outage.

Blonder Tongue Laboratories is a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of a comprehensive line of electronics and systems equipment for the franchised and private cable television industries. Founded in 1950, Blonder Tongue offers a comprehensive product line and has grown to be one of the leaders in cable television equipment manufacturing. For more information regarding Blonder Tongue or its products, please visit the Company's Internet site at www.blondertongue.com or contact the Company directly at [phone].

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The information set forth above includes "forward-looking" statements and accordingly, the cautionary statements contained in Blonder Tongue's Annual Report and Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000 (See Item 1: Business and Item 7: Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations), and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated herein by reference. The words "believe", "except", "anticipate", "project", and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management's analysis only as of the date hereof. Blonder Tongue's actual results may differ from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in Blonder Tongue's "forward-looking" statements.