Echostar understands how important advanced video iP Technology and service is to delivering the best digital entertainment to your subscribers. We know cable and telco’s service companies need to rely on a total set of solutions with a comprehensive package of networks so important to keeping their customers satisfied.

Echostar ViP-TV provides unparallel services to cable and telco’s who can count on us 24 x 7.  It’s our top priority.  Echostar brings 12 years of experience and innovation in television broadcasting, technology and award winning customer support to the ViP-TV product offer.

You’ll find the Echostar ViP-TV service team available at a moments notice. You’ll notice our attention to detail from creating the technological facilities we have today and the teams of experts running them dedicated to serve your every need.

At our uplink facilities and operation centers our sole goal is a connection across the iP divide with Echostar ViP-TV that eclipses all expectations for a reliable fault tolerant satellite delivery of programming.

ViP-Transport-Only (ViP-TO) provides customers with the option to receive a complete program line-up as a content only delivery service.  Two small antennas and one rack of International Data Casting (IDC) DBS-2 commercial receivers and a VPN back channel are all that is required for a network operator to bring superior quality content to their own integrated IPTV system.  The IDC receivers handle conditional access decryption and IP-multicast encapsulation configuration.

ViP-Turnkey-System (ViP-TS) option provides a complete set of design and integration services to build up a network operator’s fully provisioned IPTV system.  EchoStar brings flexible choices with market leading 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 (STBs) ranging from entry level to full featured SD and HD digital video recorders (DVRs).

ViP-Total-TV (ViP-TT) can provide a fully deployable IPTV broadcast system with all the complex elements built in, from content aggregation to installation and delivery of ViPTM series set-top-boxes (STBs.) ViP-TV handles the entire product supply chain and customer fulfillment responsibilities.  Operators have access to web based customer provisioning and billing systems.

ViP-TV Value Added Services:

• Total IPTV system design from space segment to premise connection.
• Network TV readiness evaluation and upgrade planning
• System integration, including: antenna mounting, sub-system racking-stacking, wiring, testing and commissioning
• Marketing and sales training and support
• Call center operations both outbound and customer service inbound
• Installation and technical services (5,700 field service techs, 3000 install trucks)

Network Operators Win With ViP-TV:

ViP-TV creates a success path for a wide range of customers with varying network topologies and requirements. Each type of service provider will benefit from the ViP-TV capabilities provided by EchoStar’s team of engineering and support professionals.

• Telcos
• Private cable operators (PCOs)
• Master-planned-communities (MPCs)
• Multiple dwelling units (MDUs)
• Multiple tenant units(MTUs) enterprise systems
• Public utility districts (PUDs)
• Metro-Open-access Networks (MONS)
• Municipal utility districts (MUDs)
• Rural cable systems