High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! EchoStar Corporation is a technology company that is the owner and maintainer of the satellite fleet for closely affiliated Dish Network. The company also designs and manufactures set-top boxes to receive the Freeview broadcasts in the United Kingdom, as well as receivers for Bell TV in Canada. EchoStar also owns Sling Media, which designs and builds the Slingbox TV streaming device, and satellite internet provider Hughes Communications. EchoStar was formerly the parent company of Dish Network until the unit was spun off in December 2007.