This expo mainly targets system designers, content providers, the military, and the broadcast industry. Since I was in the area I decided to stop by and take a look at some of the products being shown.
My first stop today was at the Echostar / XStreamHD booth. Echostar is showcasing its satellite capacity for lease, uplink facilities, satellite tracking and control, and its IP-TV service.
They had a Dish Network STB setup with live feeds are were demoing the "view from space" channel. As you've seen before on satelliteguys, there is a camera on Echostar-11 pointed towards earth. Their engineers thought it would be cool to show it off at the expo.
Also on display was the ViP-TV service. The STB is branded Echostar, however the menu system is identical to the Dish ViP boxes, however all the menus had Echostar instead of Dish Network. They were actually showing a live feed (They had a 1.2 meter dish outside pointed at 85) from the service. I asked about customers and the Echostar rep stated they had several potential customers demoing the service currently, but no firm orders.
The next company most satelliteguys members will recognize is XStreamHD. They were co-located in the Echostar booth and were showcasing their set-top boxes and technology. They are leasing transponder space on 85W to deliver their content to the STB. They are looking at a 2009 Q4 product launch, and are trying to get the product out before the holiday season. No specific content providers were mentioned, although they said "major hollywood studios". The content they had on display were MPEG-2 1080p movie trailers from various movies. Bitrates were on average around 30Mbps.
Another company using their satellite capacity of Echostar is MotoSAT, which incorporates a motorized VSAT antenna to deliver broadband Internet connectivity. Speeds max out at 16Mbit downlink / 2Mbit uplink. They are using 85W, 105W, and 121W to provide CONUS coverage, and redundant earth hubs (Arizona and Wyoming).
Well, off to browse more of the show. I will update this first post with new information as I come across it.
My first stop today was at the Echostar / XStreamHD booth. Echostar is showcasing its satellite capacity for lease, uplink facilities, satellite tracking and control, and its IP-TV service.
They had a Dish Network STB setup with live feeds are were demoing the "view from space" channel. As you've seen before on satelliteguys, there is a camera on Echostar-11 pointed towards earth. Their engineers thought it would be cool to show it off at the expo.
Also on display was the ViP-TV service. The STB is branded Echostar, however the menu system is identical to the Dish ViP boxes, however all the menus had Echostar instead of Dish Network. They were actually showing a live feed (They had a 1.2 meter dish outside pointed at 85) from the service. I asked about customers and the Echostar rep stated they had several potential customers demoing the service currently, but no firm orders.
The next company most satelliteguys members will recognize is XStreamHD. They were co-located in the Echostar booth and were showcasing their set-top boxes and technology. They are leasing transponder space on 85W to deliver their content to the STB. They are looking at a 2009 Q4 product launch, and are trying to get the product out before the holiday season. No specific content providers were mentioned, although they said "major hollywood studios". The content they had on display were MPEG-2 1080p movie trailers from various movies. Bitrates were on average around 30Mbps.
Another company using their satellite capacity of Echostar is MotoSAT, which incorporates a motorized VSAT antenna to deliver broadband Internet connectivity. Speeds max out at 16Mbit downlink / 2Mbit uplink. They are using 85W, 105W, and 121W to provide CONUS coverage, and redundant earth hubs (Arizona and Wyoming).
Well, off to browse more of the show. I will update this first post with new information as I come across it.
