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DISH Launches Advanced, Affordable Hotel TV Solution to Heighten In-Room Entertainment Experience
MINNEAPOLIS --(Business Wire)--
Today, DISH has introduced a flexible satellite television platform
targeted at hotels and hospitality operations that improves the in-room
entertainment experience for guests and reduces total cost of ownership
for operators. DISH is demonstrating its SMARTbox solution at the HITEC
2013 conference in Minneapolis. The DISH booth is located at booth #1625.
DISH's new SMARTbox technology for hospitality operations expands available HD channels up to 96, an improvement over the industry standard of 12-24 HD channels. (Photo: Business Wire)
Most hotel solutions use modified residential receivers - since hotel
owners face different challenges than residential customers, SMARTbox
was designed as an enterprise-grade solution with the following features:
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Scales to provide 36-96 channel lineup in HD and SD, an improvement
over the industry standard of 12-24 HD channels,
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One unit will have flexibility to provide HD and SD channels
simultaneously, making it efficient and cost effective to serve all
TVs in any size hotel,
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Reducedsize will replace the three sizable racks measuring seven-feet
tall with a single SMARTbox unit built to standard rack-width spacing
and stands only nine inches high,
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Remote monitoring and management capabilities enable easier deployment
and maximize uptime,
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Low total cost of ownership with up to 90 percent reduction in power
consumption and up to 93 percent reduction in rack space compared to
similar solutions.
"SMARTbox delivers a better overall free-to-guest operating experience
for managers and a vastly improved end-user experience for guests," said
Robert Grosz, vice president of Commercial Sales at DISH. "Reducing
installation, power consumption and management overhead are big wins in
free-to-guest; having happier guests is even better."
"As hotels face increasing costs to transition to HD, SMARTbox will
deliver digital HD capabilities and analog SD from a single unit, making
it ideal for hotels transitioning to new TVs," said Alistair Chatwin,
director of Product Management at DISH. "This enterprise-grade solution
also benefits management by providing greater reliability,
configurability and increased uptime while reducing the total cost of
ownership."
For more information about SMARTbox, visit http://commercial.dish.com.
ABOUT DISH
DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH), through its subsidiary DISH
Network L.L.C., provides approximately 14.092 million satellite TV
customers, as of March 31, 2013, with the highest quality programming
and technology with the most choices at the best value, including HD
Free for Life®. Subscribers enjoy the largest high definition
line-up with more than 200 national HD channels, the most international
channels, and award-winning HD and DVR technology. DISH Network
Corporation's subsidiary, Blockbuster L.L.C., delivers family
entertainment to millions of customers around the world. DISH Network
Corporation is a Fortune 200 company. Visit www.dish.com.

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