EchoStar Communications

A man who bilked EchoStar Communications out of more than $1 million by creating bogus customer accounts has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $663,729 in restitution to EchoStar, now Dish Network.  

A man who bilked EchoStar out of more than $1 million by creating bogus customer accounts has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $663,729 in restitution to  

A California man has been sentenced to serve 33 months in federal prison for setting up more than 4,000 phony EchoStar accounts. (SATS)  

You may recall a few years back, prior to the RIAA embracing the concept of "pre-litigation letters," that DirecTV was a huge proponent of using them. The company had sued some companies that sold smart card readers -- which could be used for a variety of purposes, only one of which was...  

Joseph Masek, age 30, of Orange, California, was recently sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Y. Daniel to serve 33 months in federal prison for wire fraud associated with the establishing of 4,294 ...  

p2pnet news view TV | Freedom:- “Innocent customers should not be dragged into federal litigation just because they bought a product that other, less scrupulous purchasers may be hacking for unlawful purposes.” That’s the EFF’s (Electronic Frontier Foundation) Fred von Lohmann on the foundation’s...  

Filed under: DVRs, Set-top boxes When DISH Network and EchoStar split, it really had us scratching our head, but more recently the plan has started to become apparent to us. The latest revelation is that EchoStar has signed on to produce tru2way boxes. Evidently it hopes to steal away some of...  

Guess that DOCSIS 2.0 cable modem with integrated Slingbox functionality we unveiled at CES was just the beginning… EchoStar (split from DISH Network) has just licensed Tru2Way - the evolution of the CableCARD experience. solidified its commitment to providing innovative products and...  

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the right of an Indiana company to lease satellite equipment and retransmit distant network television programming to unserved households. National Programming Service (NPS) leases satellite space from Dish Network operator EchoStar Communications...  

Looking to sell set-tops to U.S. cable companies, EchoStar has inked a Tru2way Host Device license agreement with CableLabs.  

EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., an operating entity of EchoStar Corporation , solidified its commitment to providing innovative products and technologies to the cable industry with its recent signing of the ...  

Set-top maker continues to expand cable offerings.  

Set-top box maker EchoStar Corp. enjoyed a second-quarter profit of $47.8 million, or $ .53 a share, as revenue rose to $483 million from $331 million.  

EchoStar and CableLabs have signed an agreement that gives EchoStar the rights to implement OpenCable Application Platform middleware and the CableCard interface on devices using true2way technology. This agreement will allow users to take advantage of two...  

Federal law does not bar satellite television provider EchoStar Communications Corp. from leasing a transponder to another company to transmit network signals, a U.S. appeals court ruled recently.