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ECHOSTAR LAUNCHES CONVERSION PROGRAM FOR IPTV SERVICES
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EchoStar Satellite Services has announced the company’s IP-Prime Conversion Program, designed to provide continued delivery of video transport services for operator IP head end facilities across the United States. Commercial transport provider IP-Prime has previously announced it will discontinue its video transport service to head end facilities by July 31. EchoStar’s ViP-TV transport service delivers a secure, MPEG-4 encoded IP stream of approximately 250 chan-nels of popular, broadcast quality TV channels from a satellite located at 85 degrees West.
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EchoStar Satellite Services has announced the company’s IP-Prime Conversion Program, designed to provide continued delivery of video transport services for operator IP head end facilities across the United States. Commercial transport provider IP-Prime has previously announced it will discontinue its video transport service to head end facilities by July 31. EchoStar’s ViP-TV transport service delivers a secure, MPEG-4 encoded IP stream of approximately 250 chan-nels of popular, broadcast quality TV channels from a satellite located at 85 degrees West.