DishOnline.com Launches in Support of TV Everywhere
After several months of beta testing with a few thousand users, DishOnline.com, the online portal for Dish Network’s TV Everywhere platform, launched on August 24. Subscribers may access up to 150,000...
View ArticleEchoStar to Acquire Hughes Communications
EchoStar has agreed to acquire Hughes Communications for $1.32 billion, or approximately $2 billion including the assumption of debt. Under the terms of the transaction, which have been approved by the...
View ArticleReport: AT&T May Acquire Dish Network, Echostar
Late last week Credit Suisse released a report speculating that the time may be right for AT&T to acquire Dish Network, the No. 2 satellite service video provider. In the last few weeks, Charlie...
View ArticleEchostar TV Everywhere
In a move engineered to provide on-demand content to small and independent video service distributors, Echostar announced that it will be demonstrating the “Aria” system at the National Cable Show this...
View ArticleEchostar to Shut Down IPTV Service
EchoStar confirmed last week that it will shut down its ViP-TV linear MPEG-4 transport offering, giving its IPTV customers about 45 days to find a new vendor. The move will affect about 26 customers,...
View ArticleSatellite Broadband Providers Announce Next-Gen Offerings
The two largest U.S.-based satellite broadband providers made big announcements last week. ViaSat, parent company to the WildBlue Internet service, announced that it has entered into a new five-year...
View ArticleEchoStar Halts U.S. Set Top Production, Aria Platform
EchoStar Technologies has announced its intention to cease manufacturing set-top boxes (STBs) for the U.S. market, according to an April 23 article in MultiChannel News. EchoStar indicated lack of...
View ArticleHughesNet Satellite Launch Successful
The successful launch of EchoStar XVII was announced in a Hughes Network Systems press release on July 6. The satellite representing Hughes’ generation 4 satellite Internet services was placed in...
View ArticleDish Takes Aim at Unconnected Rural Americans
In a September 27 press release, Dish, the nation’s second largest direct satellite program distributor, announced an expansion to its services. Beginning October 1, Dish will begin offering dishNET a...
View ArticleHughes Sells a Record Number of Satellite Systems
Hughes Network Systems said on Monday it shipped more than 487,000 broadband satellite terminals worldwide last year, the most ever in one year. The company credits its accelerated growth in North...
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