Echostar has been the leader in the delivery of radio and television programming for more than ten years. We operate a fleet of Ku & Ka band satellites and an extensive private fiber optic network to aggregate ViP-TV programming. ViP-TV Programming is aggregated at our digital broadcast centers and is transmitted to our high power Ku band satellite which may be received throughout the continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii. Our Ku Band satellites offer affordable satellite downlink technology for reliable signal delivery to your Telco or cable system head end, multiple dwelling units and gated communities. Our satellite receive antenna’s are generally one meter (or less) in diameter which provides superior downlink quality, ease & cost effective maintenance and rapid deployment. ViP-TV Programming is transmitted in MPEG IV, IP Encapsulated DVB.S2 format CBR (constant bit rates) and interfaces with the system providers conditional access (CAS), middleware and subscriber management systems (SMS). Our ViP series set top boxes are available to system operators and provides seamless end to end solutions and award winning interactive applications and cost saving solutions.

Video Internet Protocol Television (ViP-TV) provides over 300 channels of secure broadcast quality popular television and radio programming, encoded in constant bit rate (CBR) MPEG-4 H.264 format, via EchoStar’s high powered Ku band satellite at 85° longitude to Telco, private and rural cable operators, municipalities and master planned communities that have obtained rights for distribution over their wire-line networks. Local broadcast channels are available in over 165 designated market areas (DMAs) in standard definition (SD) and 34 markets and growing in high definition (HD) format.