Sky Angel
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| Limited liability company | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Founder | Robert Johnson Sr. |
| Headquarters | Naples, Florida |
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Key people
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Robert Johnson Jr., CEO |
| Products | TV Network |
| Website | skyangel.com |
Sky Angel is a company that owns and operates three television networks that are broadcast exclusively on the Dish Network platform:
It is important to note that Sky Angel also operated several multichannel television services. Sky Angel was originally established as a multichannel satellite television service and aired for the first time in 1996 then migrated to an over-the-top internet television service called 'Sky Angel IPTV' in February 2007. Before suspending operation of the multichannel TV services Sky Angel launched its global streaming television platform, (Sky Angel WebTV) in 2011. The Sky Angel IPTV service offered several packages of Christian radio and television networks, along with other channels which it deemed to be "family-friendly" programming. Their WebTV service was available worldwide and could be accessed on a personal computer, on the Roku platform as well as the iPad and featured over 35 Christian TV and Radio channels.
The company's corporate headquarters are located in Naples, Florida. The company also operates a Chattanooga, Tennessee location where programming, engineering and network operations reside.
Sky Angel was formed in 1980 by Robert Johnson Sr., who aimed to create a faith-oriented television service that would be free of the objectionable content he had found on television. Johnson obtained an allocation of 8 direct-broadcast satellite frequencies for the service, and reached a deal with Dish Network to use space on its EchoStar III satellite. Sky Angel's lineup would consist primarily of religious networks, along with other contemporary television networks which the service considers to be family-oriented. Carrying around 30 channels in its lineup, Sky Angel reached around 115,000 subscribers, mostly within the Central United States.
After the company passed on investing close to $400 million in manufacturing a replacement for the aging EchoStar III satellite, Sky Angel partnered with NeuLion in 2007 to develop a new over-the-top IPTV-based platform for the service. The new IPTV service would offer additional features such as an increased channel capacity, support for DVRs, and the ability for Sky Angel to offer internet and mobile television services in the future.
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