EchoStar SBC link up for movies-on-demand

[SatelliteGuys Reporter]

... and SBC Communications Inc. are developing technology that would allow their customers to order movies- on-demand and other content over the Internet. The companies expect to introduce the new set-top boxes by mid-2005 in SBC's 13-state phone-service region. Douglas County-based EchoStar operates Dish Network the nation's No.

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[mike123abc]

Starz has started this service, you can download movies all you want that are playing on starz and watch them all you want until they go off of Starz. You can even download them to a laptop and watch them without having to stay connected. It looked like an interesting service.