EchoStar And DISH Join Industry Effort To Improve Set-Top Box
Energy Efficiency
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- EchoStar
Technologies L.L.C., a wholly-owned subsidiary of EchoStar
Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), a leading global satellite services
provider and developer of hybrid video delivery technologies, and
DISH (NASDAQ: DISH), a leading pay-TV provider, are committing to
the design, manufacture and sale of new energy-efficient set-top
boxes (STBs). EchoStar is the exclusive provider of set top boxes
to DISH, including DISH's award-winning Hopper™ Whole-Home DVR.
EchoStar and DISH are part of a coalition of pay TV industry
leaders, serving more than 90 million U.S. TV households, that is
working to promote the design and distribution of energy efficient
STBs. The Set-Top Box Energy Conservation Agreement covers DVRs and
non-DVR STBs that are included in pay TV subscriber packages. The
coalition will meet regularly to review and update energy
efficiency goals as technology advances allow additional energy
savings to be realized.
"EchoStar is a current ENERGY STAR™ partner, and has been
focused on energy efficiency for some time. The Hopper™ Whole-Home
DVR and Joey™ thin-client devices we produce for DISH offer
subscribers up to a 50% reduction in power consumption over
previously available industry configurations," said Mark Jackson, president, EchoStar Technologies.
"EchoStar has taken a worldwide leadership role in energy efficient
pay TV solutions and we look forward to promoting energy efficiency
with our colleagues across the entire industry."
Multichannel video service providers, including DISH, are
pledging that 90% of the set-top boxes purchased will meet ENERGY
STAR Set-Top Box Program V3 efficiency levels by the end of 2013.
By comparison, DISH's current ENERGY STAR partnership requires 50%
of purchases meet the highest energy efficiency rating.
"The advanced features our subscribers love such as whole-home
HD DVR, Blockbuster @Home™, Primetime Anytime™ and AutoHop™ are
currently delivered using one of the industry's most energy
efficient solutions, the Hopper™ and Joey™," said Vivek Khemka, vice president of product
management, DISH. "We look forward to continuing our ENERGY STAR
Service Provider Program partnership as well as supporting the
industry's voluntary initiative."
Nationwide, the initial commitments of the Set-Top Box Energy
Conservation Agreement are projected to save up to $1.5 B (about 12.5 TWh) per year of residential
electricity use as the agreement is fully realized. This means four
fewer power plants will be required eliminating an estimated 16
million metric tons per year of carbon dioxide emissions. The
voluntary agreement among the companies will take effect
January 1, 2013.
For more information about EchoStar, please visit
www.EchoStar.com.
For more information about DISH, please visit www.dish.com.
SOURCE EchoStar Corporation