DISH + MSFT tomorrow;watch for SSET
An advisory out points toward a deal to be announced tomorrow between DISH and MSFT-
"WebTV in set-top deal Box offers satellite reception, Web browsing and recording
By Emory Thomas Jr.MSNBC
Jan. 5 — EchoStar Communications and WebTV Networks are preparing to announce a new generation of set-top box that will combine satellite reception, Internet
browsing and eventually VCR-like recording functions all in one device, MSNBC has learned. The new set-top is tailored for EchoStar's new satellite-TV
subscribers (currently there are about 1.8 million) and could boost WebTV's base of some 700,000 subscribers. The announcement could come by week's end
during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.http://www.msnbc.com/news/229237.asp#BODY
MICROSOFT WEBTV AND ECHOSTAR CES PRESS CONFERENCE
Please join WebTV Network Inc. President Steve Perlman and EchoStar Communications Corp. CEO and Chairman Charlie Ergen at the Consumer Electronics
Show
(CES) for an announcement about a new Internet TV satellite product and service.
What: WebTV Network and EchoStar press conference
When: Thursday, Jan. 7, 8 a.m. PST
Where: Las Vegas Hilton Hotel, Suite 369
RSVP: Danielle Borel, Waggener Edstrom, 408-986-1140 pacbell.snap.com
DISH trading 47s - checking for any that might benefit from a new DISH-MSFT relationship turned up SSE Telecom SSET. SSET designs, manufactures and
markets satellite communications products and systems for the transmission of voice, data, fax and video-specifically satellite transceivers and modems in a wide
range of power and bandwidth
configurations that allow commercial and government customers to quickly establish reliable voice and
data communications anywhere in the world.
In 1995, SSE Telecom invested in Media4, (merger partner with DISH) which is developing new products for
the distribution of multimedia information via satellite to personal computers. SSE Telecom also holds an investment interest in EchoStar Communications
Corporation, a leading provider of direct broadcast satellite (DBS) television and data services to consumers and businesses throughout the United States..
sset.com
SSET 's partnership with Media4 is to develop interactive broadband internet technology. Media4 is being bought by DISH., SSET also owns shares of DISH
though they sold some just before reporting .54 earnings last quarter.
"-SSE Telecom Inc. (NASDAQ:SSET - news) Thursday announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Media4 Inc., Atlanta, a supplier of
broadband satellite networking equipment for personal computers.
Lee Blachowicz, chief executive officer of SSE, said, ''Our strategic partnership with Media4 and its proposed merger into EchoStar Communications
Corp.(NASDAQ:DISH - news) announced yesterday creates a win-win-win situation for all three companies: EchoStar acquires enhanced capability in broadband
internet and data services; Media4 gains a strong service partner with available space segment; and SSE is positioned to build on its relationship with Media4 as its
product needs increase.''
SSE Telecom has established a strategic partnership with Media4 in which the two companies are jointly developing low cost interactive technology under a contract
with INTELSAT. SSE Telecom will supply certain satellite transmission products to Media4 in support of this and other projects.
"http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/981015/sse_teleco_1.html
Will SSET be involved?- anyone's guess, speculators might want to keep an eye on it.
DISH trading 48s SSET trading just under 2 |
