EchoStar Donating Satellite Services to Haiti Relief Agencies

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

EchoStar said Tuesday (Jan. 19) it is donating satellite
services to Haiti
relief agencies.

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said over the weekend that a
number of communications companies were volunteering their expertise and
services to the earthquake-ravaged country.

EchoStar will provide backhaul capacity or emergency
channels, a move it signaled to the FCC Jan. 14, according to the company.

Relief agencies seeking those services should call
EchoStar's traffic desk (888-778-3728).

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.