Comments on: Echostar/DISH to Enter IPTV Business http://www.telecompetitor.com/echostardish-to-enter-iptv-business/ Providing insight, analysis, and commentary on the evolving telecom competitive landscape Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:59:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: pal tv http://www.telecompetitor.com/echostardish-to-enter-iptv-business/comment-page-1/#comment-617 pal tv Sat, 03 May 2008 14:56:00 +0000 http://www.telecompetitor.com/echostardish-to-enter-iptv-business/#comment-617 With a nation wide wireless Internet access coverage the cable TV companies have a lot to fear. I will be the fist one to sign up for IPtv when it comes to my town. With a nation wide wireless Internet access coverage the cable TV companies have a lot to fear. I will be the fist one to sign up for IPtv when it comes to my town.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.telecompetitor.com/echostardish-to-enter-iptv-business/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Anonymous Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:37:22 +0000 http://www.telecompetitor.com/echostardish-to-enter-iptv-business/#comment-248 Does anybody know if Echostar ViP-TV provides master distribution rights contracts like NCTC, NRTC, and Avail? The website says “that have obtained programming distribution rights over tier wireline networks”. This leads me to believe that distribution rights to programming is the responsibility of the CATV provider, not Echostar. Distribution rights is huge. Some of Echostar’s competitors in this area (NRTC) offer turnkey packages, technology, transport, and distribution rights. Smalls don’t have the clout or resources to negotiate favorable contracts with large studios (imagine a 500 customer CATV system trying to get Disney or Paramount’s attention. Does anybody know if Echostar ViP-TV provides master distribution rights contracts like NCTC, NRTC, and Avail? The website says “that have obtained programming distribution rights over tier wireline networks”. This leads me to believe that distribution rights to programming is the responsibility of the CATV provider, not Echostar.

Distribution rights is huge. Some of Echostar’s competitors in this area (NRTC) offer turnkey packages, technology, transport, and distribution rights. Smalls don’t have the clout or resources to negotiate favorable contracts with large studios (imagine a 500 customer CATV system trying to get Disney or Paramount’s attention.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.telecompetitor.com/echostardish-to-enter-iptv-business/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Anonymous Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:42:51 +0000 http://www.telecompetitor.com/echostardish-to-enter-iptv-business/#comment-244 It makes sense for Dish (and DirecTV) to make a move like this. Now that the details are mostly ironed out for IPTV, services like IP Prime are set to start bleeding off satellite customers by the thousands (especially in rural areas where satellite can't match the local community channels for high schools, churches, etc). This provides them a way to keep some customer dollars they otherwise would lose. Besides, NRTC and SES Americaom has already absorbed most of the costs to make HITS IPTV work the first time, so now it's easier for new players (with the resources) to jump on the bandwagon without the two years of beta testing that NRTC endured. It makes sense for Dish (and DirecTV) to make a move like this. Now that the details are mostly ironed out for IPTV, services like IP Prime are set to start bleeding off satellite customers by the thousands (especially in rural areas where satellite can’t match the local community channels for high schools, churches, etc). This provides them a way to keep some customer dollars they otherwise would lose.

Besides, NRTC and SES Americaom has already absorbed most of the costs to make HITS IPTV work the first time, so now it’s easier for new players (with the resources) to jump on the bandwagon without the two years of beta testing that NRTC endured.

]]> By: Mike T http://www.telecompetitor.com/echostardish-to-enter-iptv-business/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Mike T Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:01:36 +0000 http://www.telecompetitor.com/echostardish-to-enter-iptv-business/#comment-241 We've been going head up with DISH already. Smart move for them I guess. Kind of validates the move to IPTV. I don't see how this will work with rural cable though. How are they going to do IPTV? We’ve been going head up with DISH already. Smart move for them I guess. Kind of validates the move to IPTV. I don’t see how this will work with rural cable though. How are they going to do IPTV?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.telecompetitor.com/echostardish-to-enter-iptv-business/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Anonymous Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:50:50 +0000 http://www.telecompetitor.com/echostardish-to-enter-iptv-business/#comment-238 How many HITS solutions can this market support. We've gone from famine to feast in record time! How many HITS solutions can this market support. We’ve gone from famine to feast in record time!

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