The Weather Channel Marine / WSI Corporation

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WSI Corporation is the world's leading provider of weather-driven solutions for professionals in the aviation, media and energy markets as well as to multiple federal and state government agencies. WSI's headquarters are in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. A European Regional HQ office is located in Birmingham, England. WSI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Landmark Communications, Inc., 150 W. Brambleton Ave.; Norfolk, VA 23510-2075; USA (Ph:+1-757-446-2010; Fx:+1-757-446-2489) "The Weather Channel", a 24-hour weather network, is seen in over 85 million U.S. households. Its Web site, weather.com, attracts over 450 million page views per month, and is consistently ranked among the top TV-related Web sites by Nielsen/NetRatings. The Weather Channel also operates Weatherscan (local weather 24/7 for digital cable), The Weather Channel Radio Network, The Weather Channel Newspaper Services and is the leading weather information provider for emerging technologies. This includes broadband and interactive television applications, with wireless weather products accessible through high-speed Internet services, phones, pagers, Palm Pilots, and other personal digital assistants. The Weather Channel is owned by Landmark Communications, Inc., a Norfolk, Virginia-based, privately held media company.

Sister companies, The Weather Channel® and WSI Corporation® have joined forces to deliver a sophisticated weather data broadcasting service via satellite to professional and recreational mariners at sea. Named “The Weather Channel® Marine™, the new service will continuously broadcast marine-specific, real-time, graphical weather observation data and forecast information direct to vessels equipped with a special purpose marine antenna, receiver, and proprietary software. The Weather Channel Marine equipment is developed by WSI, and the equipment and service will be marketed through a network of authorized marine electronics dealers with the assistance of Radio-at-Sea™, a recognized expert in marine satellite communications, information and entertainment services. The graphical marine information offers WSI’s full color, animated NOWrad® weather radar, sea state conditions, storm tracking and, most importantly, coastal and offshore forecasts. Forecast precision is aided by marine data gathered from a proprietary network of marine buoys, as well as island and coastal-based aviation weather forecasts. The Weather Channel Marine uses the same WSI technology that today delivers WSI’s aviation weather to the cockpit - a system that has been tested over land and water, is fully certified by the FAA, and just won the prestigious R&D100 award as one of the most technologically significant products introduced in 2003.