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EchoStar’s vIP-TV to provide transport of HD video For Alaskan
city’s IPTV service
EchoStar Satellite
Services
June 9, 2009
ViP-TV Offers Seamless and Cost Effective
Solution for Delivering Popular TV Channels to Ketchikan’s IP Triple
Play
Englewood, CO -- EchoStar Satellite Services, a division of
EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), announced today an agreement to
deliver its ViP-TV™ video transport service to the city of
Ketchikan’s KPU Telecommunications, a provider of telecommunications
and video services to a city of approximately 14,000 residents in
Ketchikan, Alaska. Taking advantage of EchoStar’s IP-Prime
Conversion Program, KPU will receive transport of up to 42 popular
high definition TV channels to its IP headend. |
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“We’re pleased to improve
our channel line up while delivering uninterrupted service to our
customers by bringing in the highest quality HD channels from
EchoStar’s ViP-TV service,” said KPU Telecommunication’s Division
Manager Van Abbott. “Our IPTV solution provides a robust triple-play
service with a bundle of high-speed Internet, telephone and digital
TV services, including popular HD channels.”
The city offers residents ultra high-speed broadband, TV services
and Internet phone services and will be nearly 50 percent complete
with its city-wide build out of fiber to the home at the end of this
summer’s construction season. With the addition from EchoStar,
Ketchikan will offer a total of 58 HD channels along with a suite of
more than 140 standard definition TV channels.
Commercial transport provider IP-Prime announced previously it is
discontinuing its video transport service to telco facilities by
July 31, 2009. EchoStar’s IP-Prime Conversion Program provides
qualified customers with EchoStar’s ViP-TV transport service,
replacement IDC satellite receivers and a standard professional
installation, including a satellite dish re-point, cabling and
connectors.
EchoStar’s ViP-TV transport service is capable of delivering a
secure, MPEG-4 encoded IP stream of approximately 275 channels of
popular, broadcast-quality TV and music channels from a satellite
located at 85 degrees W.L. ViP-TV can also provide
satellite-delivered local TV channel aggregation in a telco’s
designated market area in both high definition and standard
definition (where available).
“EchoStar is pleased to bring the City of Ketchikan a customizable
solution for HD content delivery to their IP head-end,” said Steve
Skalski, who leads EchoStar’s ViP-TV division. “Our ViP-TV service
offers small cable and telco operators affordable, scalable and
aggregated delivery of MPEG-4 IP-encapsulated TV channels.”
For more information on ViP-TV, visit www.echostarviptv.com, contact
303-706-4040 or email
viptv (at) echostar (dot) com.
About EchoStar Satellite Services
EchoStar Satellite Services is a business unit of EchoStar
Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS) and provides a reliable network available
for backhaul, aggregation and distribution of video, audio and data
domestically and internationally. EchoStar also offers the ViP-TV
platform providing IPTV solutions. EchoStar represents a significant
source of Ku-band and Ka-band satellite capacity and spacecraft
operation services with access to eight satellites, ground-based
teleport facilities, and an expansive terrestrial U.S. backhaul
network along with 24-hour Satellite Access Centers. For more
information or for occasional or full time satellite bandwidth,
contact 866-359-8804 or email efss@echostar.com.
About KPU Telecommunications
KPU Telecommunications is the leading provider of high definition
television, ultra high-speed Internet, and voice telecom services in
Ketchikan, Alaska. Visit
http://www.city.ketchikan.ak.us/public_utilities/kputel/index.html
or call 907-228-5474. |
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