[Satellite Today 07-28-09] EchoStar Satellite Services signed an agreement to deliver its ViP-TV IP video transport service to Citizens Cablevision, a broadband data, video and voice provider in Virginia, EchoStar announced July 27.
    EchoStar will transport up to 42 high-definition TV channels to the customer’s IP headend. The ViP-TV transport service aims to offer a secure, MPEG-4 encoded IP stream of approximately 275 TV and music channels from the AMC-16 satellite, located at 85 degrees West.
    Citizens Cablevision said it sought a platform that would enable it to offer competitive video services using its existing IP network. “We wanted access to IP-encapsulated, high quality HD channels that would let us expand our range of services easily without complex integration needs," Danny Vaughn, network manager of Citizens Cablevision, said in a statement.