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June 8th, 2012

EchoStar Europe... @ ANGACable 2012 With... (SatBroadcasting™—Event)


[SatNews] EchoStar (NASDAQ: SATS) will showcase a variety of highly innovative and versatile connected device solutions...

...at ANGACable 2012 in Cologne, Germany, June 12-14 2012. Advanced solutions for payTV operators will be featured alongside EchoStar’s rapidly expanding retail product range, which includes the Slingbox® suite of TV Anywhere products from Sling Media and EchoStar branded digital set-top boxes (STBs). The company will showcase an array of products that will enable pay-TV operators to exploit the potential of IP connectivity and expand their business models into new markets. The Company will showcase their products in hall 10.1, stand O34.


    Ultra Slim Box®—recently launched on the U.K.’s Freeview+ HD platform, the product is the slimmest commercially available digital TV recorder in the world. Despite a compact form factor of just 14mm deep, the Ultra Slim Box’s feature set is uncompromised with a high capacity 500GB hard disk drive, twin tuner, HDMI connection and Internet connectivity for accessing over-the-top (OTT) content.

    Android™-powered IP set-top box—designed to enable operators and content providers to enrich their service portfolios by extending services over IP using an extensive, scalable web-centric application development platform.

    Advanced Cable Gateway—delivering the next generation in cable services, the fully-functioning advanced gateway combines wide band multi-tuner cable TV reception, personal video recording and the ability to share content with client devices inside or outside the home.

    TV Anywhere—a TV anywhere device ecosystem including Slingbox® retail products, integrated SlingLoaded® technology and whole home DVR based industry standards and protocols and incorporating a number of client solutions interfacing with an Advanced Cable Gateway.

    Complete range of cable connected devices—including the recently launched HDC-420; an advanced, high definition (HD) STB that is pre-integrated with CA and embedded software. EchoStar will also showcase its HDC-600 series Unitymedia DVR. All connected devices, from entry-level HD STBs to fully-featured advanced cable gateways, have been designed to support the industry’s leading conditional access and middleware solutions.