Irvine-based Archos on Thursday said it inked a deal with Englewood, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications Corp. to develop digital video recorder technology.
EchoStar plans to invest $9 million in Archos as part of the pact.
For its part, Archos, the U.S. arm of Archos SA, a French maker of portable music and video devices, will provide EchoStar with portable digital video recorders that transfer video content from EchoStar’s DISH Network set-top boxes.
The partnership is similar to another one between EchoStar and Tivo Inc. in Alviso.
“We are extremely proud to work with EchoStar on such an exciting and market-changing initiative in the portable video player market,” said Henri Crohas, Archos founder and chief executive.
“This agreement confirms the growing success of the Archos portable video players and recorders, and is a major new initiative for both us and EchoStar.”
