EchoStar Corporation operates two primary business units: igital Set-Top Box business and Satellite Services business. It had a spin-off from DISH Network on January 1, 2008. Digital Set-Top Box business designs, develops and distributes digital set-top boxes and related products and technology, including its Slingbox placeshifting technology, primarily for satellite television service providers, telecommunication and cable companies and directly to consumers’ through retail outlets. Its Digital Set-Top Box business also provides digital broadcast operations, including satellite uplinking/downlinking, transmission services, signal processing, conditional access management and other services provided primarily to DISH Network. Satellite Services Business uses the Company’s eight owned and leased in-orbit satellites and related Federal Communications Commission licenses to lease capacity on a full time and occasional-use basis to enterprise, broadcast news and government organizations.