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• Video Interview: Blake Krikorian, CEO, Sling Media: Life As Part of Echostar

  Content Next - 2008-11-24

  Earlier this month I spoke to Blake Krikorian, the CEO of TV placeshifting company Sling Media, on life as part of Echostar (NSDQ: SATS), a year after the company got acquired for $380 million. The company launched a beta of its new video portal Sling.com today, and we reported...

  Tags: Sling Media, Video, EchoStar Communications Corp., Corporate Communications, Portals, Marketing, Internet, Rafat Ali

• KeyOn Communications Establishes EchoStar Relationship to Offer Satellite Video Bundle

  - 2007-11-29

  -Bundling Increases Value to Subscriber Base-

  Tags: EchoStar Communications Corp., video

• U.S. Judge: Kentucky Satellite Tax Fair.(DirecTV Inc. and EchoStar Communications LLC filed a suit aginst Mark Treesh)(excise tax on satellite-delivered video services )

  - 2006-04-10

  By Linda Haugsted The issue of whether it's legal for a state to tax satellite-delivered video services was muddied last week, as a federal judge in Kentucky ruled that an excise tax there is fair and nondiscriminatory. ...

  Tags: EchoStar Communications Corp., satellite, satellite company, tax, video, video service

• Test Drive | This iPod rival stretches portability

  - 2006-01-15

  Pocketdish AV700E Portable Media Recorder Archos/EchoStar Satellite. Windows and Macintosh. $599 For folks who like to take their entertainment on the road, 2006 is likely to be a good, if yet another confusing, year. Having pretty much decided on a portable music player, people with an...

  Tags: Archos, EchoStar Communications Corp., Handhelds, HARDWARE, MARKETING, PDAs, recorder, satellite, video, Zagat

• Television that fits in your pocket; Apple, EchoStar put video choices in the hands of their customers.(Apple Computer Inc., EchoStar Communications Corp.)

  - 2005-10-17

  Missed this week's episode of Desperate Housewives? Don't try to find the latest installment of ABC's hit series in your cable system's video-on-demand library. Instead, you can find it at iTunes, the online store started by Apple Computer In ...

  Tags: ABC Inc., Apple Inc., cable, Comcast Corp., Disney Corp., EchoStar Communications Corp., on-demand, programming, TV, video, VoD

• It's video on the go: Apple, EchoStar push portable.(Apple Computer Inc., EchoStar Communications Corp.)

  - 2005-10-17

  For once, the rumors about Apple Computers' next move proved tree last week as the company unveiled a new video-capable version of its popular iPod music player and debuted its first major video programming deal for its iTunes download service. ...

  Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iPod, Apple iTunes, EchoStar Communications Corp., network, programming, TV, video

• Dishing video on the go: EchoStar ready to roll out a portable player.(EchoStar Communications Corp. releasing PocketDish portable media players )

  - 2005-10-10

  EchoStar Communications Corp. is preparing to roll out a line of portable media players, allowing subscribers to transfer content from digital video recorders to the "PocketDish" devices. The launch of the PocketDish, which spokesman EchoStar Communications Corp. is preparing...

  Tags: digital video recorder, EchoStar Communications Corp., media player, portable media player, video

• Mixed verdict on EchoStar's Q3.(Earnings)

  - 2004-11-15

  EchoStar Communications Corp. reported mixed results in the third quarter, with net new subscriber additions falling short of estimates, but revenue and earnings growth ahead of most expectations. EchoStar added about 350,000 new subscribers i EchoStar Communications Corp. reported...

  Tags: EchoStar Communications Corp., SBC Communications Inc., video

• SBC, EchoStar bring TV, Internet closer (Video Business)

  - 2004-08-23

  New set-top box in development New set-top box in development

  Tags: EchoStar Communications Corp., Internet, TV, video

• SBC'S serious now: dish's video, Telco's data partner up.(SBC Communications Inc. to offer satellite services via EchoStar Communications)

  - 2003-07-28

  Struggling to preserve its eroding local telephony base, SBC Communications Inc. made a move to offer its own triple play of voice, video and data services, striking a deal with EchoStar Communications Corp, to provide satellite-delivered video to Struggling to preserve its eroding...

  Tags: cable, Cox Communications Inc., EchoStar Communications Corp., satellite, SBC Communications Inc., video