EchoStar Satellite Services, a division of EchoStar Corp., announced Monday it will provide video transport services to telcos left stranded by SES Americom, which announced it will discontinue its IP-PRIME service to headend facilities by July 31.
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 compatible LNBs, a satellite dish re-point, cabling and connectors.
EchoStar’s ViP-TV transport service delivers a secure, MPEG-4 encoded IP stream of approximately 250 channels of broadcast quality TV channels from a satellite located at 85 degrees W.L. In addition, ViP-TV can provide local TV channel aggregation in the telco’s DMA in both high-definition and standard definition (where available).
ViP-TV provides a set of design and integration services to build a fully provisioned IPTV system for telcos. EchoStar also offers choices from suppliers of conditional access systems (CAS), subscriber management systems (SMS), video on demand (VOD), emergency alert systems (EAS), electronic program guide (EPG), ad insert systems (AIS), boxware (middleware) and set-top boxes, ranging from entry level to full featured standard definition and high-definition DVRs.
“EchoStar is committed to delivering a best-in-class transport service not only to IP-Prime customers but also to telco operators across the nation,” said Steve Skalski, vice president of EchoStar’s ViP-TV division. “ViP-TV offers operators affordable, scalable and aggregated MPEG-4 IP-encapsulated audio and TV channels from a high-powered satellite. Through our proven work with CAS and middleware solutions, our ViP-TV service can be deployed rapidly and maintained at a low cost. Our experts are also available to provide a channel management analysis to help telcos competing in a triple play market determine how best to acquire and retain video subscribers.”
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