Posts tagged ‘echostar’
EchoStar Offers Sling Licensing
Until now, EchoStar has only offered the SlingLoaded feature only in its own boxes, including a model for Dish Network, European cable MSOs, and a tru2way box for the US Cable market. However, it is now offering the technology to other interested vendors.
EchoStar is most likely going to go after the largest cable set-top box suppliers in the US: Motorola, Cisco, and Pace Micro. This would allow for most people with DVRs to be able to watch content world-wide.
EchoStar Unveils World’s First SlingLoaded HD DVR for Cable
Well, the National Cable and Telecommunications Show is starting tomorrow April 1-3 in Washington, D.C. and already Echo – Sling is making some MoCA noise with their new HD-DVR with built in Slingbox capability. The SlingLoaded T2200S comes with the following features:
– Supports MPEG-2, H.264 (MPEG-4) and VC1.
– 1GHz tuners to support expanded network bandwidth.
– Connect to the home network via Ethernet, WiFi (with optional WiFi
adapter) or Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA).
– Picture-in-Picture
– Supports advanced resolution formats up to 1080p24.
– Individual branding opportunities for MSOs.
– Supports Macrovision and DCS analog copy protection.
– Features an attractive, capacitive-touch, backlit front panel with
clock display.
Right now, the new set-top box is only available to cable providers but since it’s also Tru2Way-enabled, you might see some of the technology leak out into a retail product at some point.
Read the press release here.
