EchoStar Working Through 'Final Product Development' on Home Automation

EchoStar has fielded "many questions" about the home automation initiative it demonstrated at the IBC show in Amsterdam in September, said EchoStar Technologies President Mark Jackson Thursday on an earnings call. "We are excited about our marrying of our video expertise, along with our ability to offer customer-friendly and technologically enhanced products to the consumer home automation and security market," Jackson said. "We are continuing to work through final product development and marketing plans, and we will share more specifics in the future, as appropriate, on this product." The "end-to-end home security and control product" EchoStar showed at IBC gives consumers "visibility and control over their entire home ecosystem," accessible not only on mobile devices, "but also where it is most convenient -- the consumer’s television," the company said in a September IBC news release.