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• Broadband Stimulus Attracting A Great Deal Of Attention As Echostar Sets Record

  BNET - 2009-09-28

  As part of the "Stimulus" bill or the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ARRA signed by President Obama in March was a provision to set aside about $4 billion to aid in expanding broadband coverage. Part of this is also to be used in especially low served rural areas....

  Tags: Broadband, Stimulus, Satellite, EchoStar Communications Corp., Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Networking, Matthew Potter

• Wall Street Sizes Up a Satellite Merger.(Brief article)

  - 2006-07-24

  By Linda Moss EchoStar Rises on DirecTV Deal Talk Rupert Murdoch thinks DirecTV Inc. would pass regulatory muster if it tried to acquire satellite-TV rival EchoStar Communications Corp. - but Wall Street and industry analysts aren't...

  Tags: broadband, DirecTV, EchoStar Communications Corp., merger, Rupert Murdoch, satellite

• Top EchoStar Execs Dish About The Then and Now.(EchoStar Communications Corp., Charlie Ergen, Jim DeFranco and Carl Vogel )(Interview)

  - 2006-04-24

  By Monica Hogan In the 10 years since EchoStar Communications Corp. launched its Dish Network direct-broadcast satellite service, the company has slowly changed its image from upstart to power player, earning the spot as the third-largest mul By...

  Tags: broadband, company, Dish Network, EchoStar Communications Corp., network, satellite

• EchoStar Secures Exclusive TV, Radio, Broadband and Internet Rights to Distribute All Board of Cricket Control India Matches in North America

  - 2006-03-01

  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- EchoStar Satellite L.L.C. and Nimbus Sport International, Pte., Ltd., which owns the Board of Cricket Control India BCCI rights, announced today that EchoStar has acquired exclusive radio, television, broadband and internet distribution rights in North America including Caribbean Nations for all BCCI matches occurring on the soil...

  Tags: board, broadband, EchoStar Communications Corp., Internet, radio, TV

• WiMax could be answer to DBS broadband need.(Database System )

  - 2005-09-26

  DirecTV Inc. and EchoStar Communications Corp.'s search for the missing pieces of a triple-play bundle is leading them to explore new wireless technology that could allow them to add telephone and high-speed Internet services to their video offerin DirecTV Inc. and EchoStar Communications Corp.'s...

  Tags: broadband, database, database system, DirecTV, EchoStar Communications Corp., WiMAX

• EchoStar revives broadband internet plan. (Satellite).

  - 2003-04-07

  EchoStar Communications Corp. apparently wants to keep on the beam with satellite-delivered Internet services, striking a deal last week with SES Americom Inc. for broadband and video capacity on a bird set for launch in late 2004. While the ...

  Tags: broadband, broadband Internet, EchoStar Communications Corp., Internet, satellite

• BRIEFS

  - 2003-03-31

  POWELL SEEKS 'REALISTIC' DIVERSITY PUSH FCC Chairman Michael Powell announced that he wants the agency and government to create a new ownership diversity initiative. In his Media Institute speech last week, Powell said, "We need a substantive policy" to look at the links between diversity of ownership, minority ownership...

  Tags: Adelphia Communications Corp., broadband, EchoStar Communications Corp., FCC, Government, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• Former U.S. Senator Malcolm Wallop Talks about Proposed Satellite TV Merger.

  - 2002-10-13

  By Peter J. Howe, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 13--The proposed $18 billion merger of satellite TV providers Hughes Electronics Inc. and EchoStar Communications Corp. was dealt a major setback last week when the Federal Communications Commission, by ...

  Tags: America, Boston Globe, broadband, Cable, EchoStar Communications Corp., FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, merger, NETWORKING, satellite, TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• SBC Communications enters alliance with EchoStar

  - 2002-04-18

  In an aggressive bid to seize market share from cable providers, SBC Communications has entered a strategic alliance with EchoStar Communications that combines EchoStar's Dish Network digital satellite television offerings with SBC's broadband digital subscriber line Internet access service. The agreement, announced Wednesday, calls for both companies to offer bundled...

  Tags: alliance, broadband, company, Cox Communications Inc., Dish Network, DSL, EchoStar Communications Corp., satellite television, SBC Communications Inc., Southwestern Bell, TV

• Satellite's high-flying expectations. (Always On).(Internet via satellite)(Brief Article)

  - 2002-03-25

  As the ground war between digital subscriber line and the cable modem escalates on numerous fronts, their airborne rivals still think they have a role to play in the broadband baffle. Internet access via satellite has become a particularly liv ...

  Tags: broadband, EchoStar Communications Corp., Internet, satellite