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October 18th, 2010

EchoStar... New News (Content)


[SatBroadcasting(tm)] EchoStar Satellite Services, L.L.C., a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), has unveiled their News Gateway, a TV news delivery service that leverages EchoStar’s nationwide fiber network combined with IP multicasting technologies to route and deliver live, high quality video from any one of 210 U.S. designated market areas (DMA).

Through an easy-to-use online interface, news room directors, engineers and reporters can select, decode and route simultaneous live video content in real time from cities across the country. Selected video is then delivered to client locations through a dedicated fiber connection into EchoStar’s Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network managed by 24/7 network engineering staff. The number of simultaneously viewable sources is scalable to meet customer needs and is encoded in high quality MPEG formats, including standard definition from 210 DMAs and high definition from 170 markets. Through video over IP multicasting technologies, EchoStar is able to provide clients with access to the same content from up to 210 DMAs with minimal duplication of infrastructure. Professionally trained and experienced employees located in EchoStar’s world class 24/7 regional uplink facilities actively monitor and manage every point in the data path to ensure uninterrupted delivery to client sites. Additionally, the small footprint of the client-side hardware ensures ease of integration into existing video routing infrastructure.