EchoStar

EchoStar is the name of a U.S. technology company ( Echostar Corporation), which is also the owner and operator of the satellite fleet the same name. The company also designs and manufactures set-top boxes for the reception of DVB -T in the UK, Bell ExpressVu receivers and the HD recorder by Unity Media a German subsidiary of Liberty Global in Englewood also have their headquarters. The satellites form the basis of satellite TV service Dish Networks ( Digital Sky Highway) the Dish Network Corporation. The company was formerly part of EchoStar Communications Corporation, before the DISH Network became independent in December 2007.

History

EchoStar was founded in 1980 by its chairman and CEO Charles Ergen along with his wife Cantey and James DeFranco as a distributor of C - band television systems. In 1987, the company by the FCC license for a television satellite service and received the orbital slot at 119 degrees west longitude for 1992 allocated.

On December 28, 1995, EchoStar successfully launched its first satellite, EchoStar 1 From the same year, the satellite television system under the name of DISH Network was marketed.

In 1998 bought the Echostar parts of the satellite broadcasting joint venture of News Agencies ASkyB and MCI WorldCom. With this purchase EchoStar obtained 28 of the 32 transponder licenses of orbital slots at 110 ° West. On 25 September 2007 it was announced that the EchoStar Sling Media Inc. acquires.

On 2 January 2008, the business of Dish Networks was separated from the remaining areas of the enterprise, where two companies have emerged: the DISH Network Corporation (essentially consisting of the DISH Network business) and EchoStar Corporation (which, the technology business, including satellite Sling Media and the set- top box development reserves ).

Satellite fleet

The satellites were purchased from several manufacturers and partially differ considerably in their technical data.

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