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Dish Network yesterday launched its 10th satellite, the Echostar X, from the Equator off the Odyssey Launch Platform vessel. The Sea Launch Zenit-3Sl rocket placed the satellite into a Geosynchronous orbit with the earth. A play-by-play of the event with pictures can be seen at www.sea-launch.com/current_launch.htm.
The launch of the new bird will help Echostar provide more high definition channels, particularly more local high definition channels. Today the company announced the availability of local high definition channels in the Chicago area. The channels include WLS (ABC), BBM (CBS), WMAQ (NBC) and WFLD (FOX). Part of Dish Networks’ HDTV expansion plans (and DirecTV’s for that matter) involve moving from the MPEG2 video compression standard to the MPEG4 standard. Select new Dish Network receivers combine decoding ability for both standards. Existing customers with MPEG2-capable receivers (such as the Dishplayer 942) will be required to upgrade to a new model in order to take advantage of the new channels. —Grant Clauser
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