Michael Dugan, CEO of EchoStar, the satellite company affiliated with Dish Network
While the satellite itself is jointly owned through a partnership between Intelsat and Echostar, the Ku band payload is owned and operated by Echostar for international television programming and local television channels.
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Galaxy 23 is the name given to the C-band service of the Galaxy 23/EchoStar 9 communications satellite jointly owned by Intelsat and EchoStar located at 121° W longitude, serving the North American market.
After the company passed on investing close to $400 million in manufacturing a replacement for the aging EchoStar III satellite, Sky Angel partnered with NeuLion in 2007 to develop a new over-the-top IPTV-based platform for the service.
He worked for several years at the EchoStar office in Almelo, The Netherlands.
TiVo Inc. sued EchoStar Corp. claiming patent infringement of a DVR technology.