EchoStar Launches U.S. News Gateway Service

EchoStar Satellite Services released its News Gateway delivery service, which uses a combination of the company’s U.S. fiber network and IP multicasting technologies to route and deliver live, high-quality news video content from any one of EchoStar’s 210 U.S.-designated market areas.

News Gateway features an online interface, which allows newsrooms to select, decode and route simultaneous live video content to client locations through a dedicated fiber connection into EchoStar’s Multi-Protocol Label Switching network.
 

T-Mobile Launches Satellite TV Service in Czech Republic

T-Mobile began offering satellite TV services in the Czech Republic in November.

Customers can activate T-Mobile TV service under two plan options, with a possibility to subscribe to up to three additional bundles. T-Mobile also will offer a satellite dish and receiver supporting HD and a USB recording function to subscribers in the Czech market. The mobile provider decided to make the offering after research showed many Czech viewers are unprepared for the upcoming transition to digital TV in 2011.