EchoStar eyes broadcast assets
May 14, 2007
ECHOSTAR EYES BROADCAST ASSETS
[SOURCE: Hollywood Reporter, AUTHOR: Georg Szalai]
Satellite TV provider EchoStar Communications finds broadcast assets attractive as potential acquisition targets and could well start doing day-and-date film release trials with movie studios -- as cable operators have done -- as part of its expansion of VOD offerings. The company also expects to keep increasing the number of movie titles it offers on-demand via its hard drives, whose capacity it keeps expanding.
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EchoStar eyes broadcast assets