[July 24, 2008] Entropic Communications and EchoStar Technologies Team Up Tweet (Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Entropic Communications, a provider of silicon solutions to enable connected home entertainment, announced the company is working with EchoStar Technologies to develop additional outdoor unit solutions leveraging Entropic's Band Translation Switch (BTS) technology. The BTS technology is capable of supporting two tuners over a single cable for cost-effective and efficient delivery of satellite services. The first new product, EchoStar's next-generation DPP33 switch, supports three BTS outputs without the need for a power inserter, providing both a lower cost and low-power consumption for satellite delivery to the home. "Band Translation Switch technology is instrumental to lowering installation costs and improving both efficiency and customer service,'' said Mark Jackson, President of EchoStar Technologies. Other new products that will be available later this year are the DISH 500+ Integrated LNBF, a next-generation, low noise block (LNB) converter with integrated BTS support and an Optical Network BTS product designed to deliver satellite services to multi-dwelling units (MDUs). "We are proud to collaborate with home entertainment leaders like EchoStar,'' said John Graham, VP of Marketing at Entropic Communications. "The new product rollout is part of our ongoing business plan to deliver innovation and bring unprecedented levels of service to the direct broadcast satellite market.'' ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]