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September 2008 From News
Dish Network on Wednesday announced the release of a “next generation” digital-to-analog converter box, the DTVPal Plus. The box, the successor to the original DTVPal, will carry an MSRP of $69.99, or $29.99 with the use of the federal discount coupons. “The DTVPal Plus carries all the popular features of our top-rated DTVPal, plus a tuner that can help consumers living in weak signal areas maximize the number of over-the-air channels they receive,” the company’s executive vice president of sales and distribution, Tom Stingley, said as part of the announcement. The box is available now.
March 2008 From Product Reviews
Some people are so attached to their TV programs that even the convenience of a DVR to record every episode of Dance Wars isn’t enough. If you’re a frequent traveler and absolutely must watch your home shows, then the SlingBox by Sling Media (now owned by Echostar, the company that runs DishNetwork) is for you. The SlingBox Solo, like the original SlingBox, allows you to play your home A/V sources, such as a cable box or DVD player, over a broadband-connected PC anywhere, not just in another room, I mean anywhere. The system actually consists of two inseparable parts: the SlingBox device itself
April 2007 From News
DirecTV’s controversial monopoly over Major League Baseball’s out-of-market baseball package ended up not even lasting the season’s first week. MLB announced Wednesday night that it had agreed to terms with the InDemand cable consortium on a deal to keep the package on cable as well. The deal went into effect immediately, with some games joined in progress Wednesday night. Baseball had previously announced a $700 million deal to allow DirecTV the exclusive rights to carry the “MLB Extra Innings” package of out-of-market games, which are popular among fans who live away from the city where their favorite team plays. However,
March 2007 From News
Major League Baseball should step away from the batter’s box on its deal with DirecTV, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) urged Tuesday in hearings convened by the Senate Commerce Committee, of which he is chairman. But with the start of the season just days away, time is running out for a compromise. The hearings were called after baseball agreed to a $700 million deal to make DirecTV the exclusive carrier for its out-of-market regular-season game package, which is called MLB Extra Innings. In early March, MLB gave the two other previous carriers of the service, cable-based InDemand and satellite service Dish Network, the
March 2007 From News
After months of rancor, Major League Baseball’s controversial deal with DirecTV to grant the satellite provider exclusive rights to out-of-market regular season games was signed on Thursday. But a provision included that will allow competing providers to bid for the services for three more weeks gives new truth to Yogi Berra’s old baseball maxim that “it ain’t over ‘til it’s over.” The deal, which is for seven years and about $100 million per year, gives DirecTV nearly exclusive rights to the MLB Extra Innings package, which carries nearly every baseball game played in every city. But in a surprise move aimed at mollifying
IPTV and AT&T Go Akimbo
April 2006 From News
AT&T just let out that it will be working with Akimbo, an Internet-based television program provider, for its new Homezone IP video-on-demand service. So far Akimbo claims to have more than 10,000 titles in its library, which users download to their set-top-boxes. Each week, Akimbo adds more than 150 new mainstream and niche titles in 85 different categories, such as music, sports, independent film, anime, major motion pictures, education, children's programming and foreign language. In addition to the Akimbo feature, Homezone will offer AT&T Yahoo! high-speed Internet features like photos and music and Dish Network satellite programming in a new set-top box with digital
April 2006 From News
AT&T just let out that it will be working with Akimbo, an Internet-based television program provider, for its new Homezone IP video-on-demand service. So far Akimbo claims to have more than 10,000 titles in its library, which users download to their set-top-boxes. Each week, Akimbo adds more than 150 new mainstream and niche titles in 85 different categories, such as music, sports, independent film, anime, major motion pictures, education, children's programming and foreign language. In addition to the Akimbo feature, Homezone will offer AT&T Yahoo! high-speed Internet features like photos and music and Dish Network satellite programming in a new set-top box with digital
Dish Launches Latest HD Bird
February 2006 From News
Dish Network yesterday launched its 10th satellite, the Echostar X, from the Equator off the Odyssey Launch Platform vessel. The Sea Launch Zenit-3Sl rocket placed the satellite into a Geosynchronous orbit with the earth. A play-by-play of the event with pictures can be seen at www.sea-launch.com/current_launch.htm. The launch of the new bird will help Echostar provide more high definition channels, particularly more local high definition channels. Today the company announced the availability of local high definition channels in the Chicago area. The channels include WLS (ABC), BBM (CBS), WMAQ (NBC) and WFLD (FOX). Part of Dish Networks' HDTV expansion plans (and DirecTV's for
February 2006 From News
Dish Network yesterday launched its 10th satellite, the Echostar X, from the Equator off the Odyssey Launch Platform vessel. The Sea Launch Zenit-3Sl rocket placed the satellite into a Geosynchronous orbit with the earth. A play-by-play of the event with pictures can be seen at www.sea-launch.com/current_launch.htm. The launch of the new bird will help Echostar provide more high definition channels, particularly more local high definition channels. Today the company announced the availability of local high definition channels in the Chicago area. The channels include WLS (ABC), BBM (CBS), WMAQ (NBC) and WFLD (FOX). Part of Dish Networks' HDTV expansion plans (and DirecTV's for
High Definition Hog
October 2005 From E-Gear
Dish Network DVR 942 Receiver By Jonathan Takiff Serious videophiles should give careful consideration to DISH Network's new DISH Player DVR 942, a high definition satellite and terrestrial receiver that really jumps out of the pack . Nineteen satellite-fed HD channels are now beaming via DISH, the most of any pay TV service (satellite or cable) in the land. And for those moments when there's still nothing worthy to put up on your state-of-the-art high def display, the DVR 942 lets you cache 25 hours of content in flawless HD form (or up to 180 hours in standard def) on its 250 GB hard drive. Plus, local HD channels can be
October 2005 From E-Gear
Dish Network DVR 942 Receiver By Jonathan Takiff Serious videophiles should give careful consideration to DISH Network's new DISH Player DVR 942, a high definition satellite and terrestrial receiver that really jumps out of the pack . Nineteen satellite-fed HD channels are now beaming via DISH, the most of any pay TV service (satellite or cable) in the land. And for those moments when there's still nothing worthy to put up on your state-of-the-art high def display, the DVR 942 lets you cache 25 hours of content in flawless HD form (or up to 180 hours in standard def) on its 250 GB hard drive. Plus, local HD channels can be
Voom Subscribers Get New HDTV Solutions
April 2005 From News
Two new deals are currently being offered to VOOM subscribers who are left out in the cold when the company went out of business this year. The first is being offered by EchoStar Communications Corporation and its DISH Network satellite TV service, which is now giving current VOOM subscribers a high-definition TV solution that includes free next-day installation and six months free of HD programming. With this program, VOOM customers will also get high-definition receivers in up to two rooms at no charge. For a limited time, those who sign up can also receive more than 180 standard definition channels for only $31.99
April 2005 From News
Two new deals are currently being offered to VOOM subscribers who are left out in the cold when the company went out of business this year. The first is being offered by EchoStar Communications Corporation and its DISH Network satellite TV service, which is now giving current VOOM subscribers a high-definition TV solution that includes free next-day installation and six months free of HD programming. With this program, VOOM customers will also get high-definition receivers in up to two rooms at no charge. For a limited time, those who sign up can also receive more than 180 standard definition channels for only $31.99
EchoStar to Purchase Satellite From Cablevision
January 2005 From News
EchoStar Communications Corporation (parent company of DISH Network) has agreed to purchase certain satellite assets from Rainbow DBS Co., a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation, for $200 million. Specifically, EchoStar has agreed to purchase Rainbow 1, a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) located at 61.5 degrees West Longitude, together with the rights to 11 DBS frequencies at that location. The satellite includes 13 frequencies, up to 12 of which can be operated in "spot beam" mode. The EchoStar III satellite also located at 61.5 degrees West Longitude broadcasts DISH Network TV programming to hundreds of thousands of consumers today using DBS spectrum controlled
January 2005 From News
EchoStar Communications Corporation (parent company of DISH Network) has agreed to purchase certain satellite assets from Rainbow DBS Co., a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation, for $200 million. Specifically, EchoStar has agreed to purchase Rainbow 1, a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) located at 61.5 degrees West Longitude, together with the rights to 11 DBS frequencies at that location. The satellite includes 13 frequencies, up to 12 of which can be operated in "spot beam" mode. The EchoStar III satellite also located at 61.5 degrees West Longitude broadcasts DISH Network TV programming to hundreds of thousands of consumers today using DBS spectrum controlled
