[0] DISH Network Offers Showtime's Holyfield vs. Ruiz Championship Boxing On Dish-On-Demand Pay-Per-View.Business and Entertainment Editors LITTLETON, Colo.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Aug. 8, 2000 DISH Network Customers Now Have Two Ways to Watch Holyfield Vs. Ruiz Event -- On Showtime or On DISH-On-Demand Pay-Per-View! EchoStar Communications Corporation EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) is the parent company of DISH Network and the maintainer of the satellite fleet that provides the signal that DISH Network markets. (Nasdaq:DISH, DISHP) announced today that DISH Network(TM) will offer Showtime Event Television's broadcast of the World Boxing Association World Boxing Association (WBA) is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association, it is one of three major organizations recognized by IBHOF (WBA WBA West Bromwich Albion (English Soccer Club) WBA World Boxing Association WBA Weekly Benefit Amount WBA Wisconsin Broadcasters Association (Madison, WI) WBA Wireless Broadband Access ) Heavyweight Championship fight between Evander Holyfield and John Ruiz on both Showtime and DISH-on-Demand pay-per-view. The live broadcast from the Paris Ballroom at the Paris Las Vegas This article is about the Las Vegas hotel. For other uses, see Paris (disambiguation). Paris Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located on the famed Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA , that is owned and operated by Harrah's Entertainment. Casino Resort featuring Holyfield vs. Ruiz will air on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2000, starting at 10 p.m. EST, for $19.95 on DISH-on-Demand for non-Showtime subscribers. Customers who subscribe to the Showtime Unlimited Package can watch the event on channel 318 for no additional charge. DISH Network offers Showtime Unlimited Package, which offers a total of 10 premium movie channels for only $10.99 per month, which includes channels like Showtime Extreme, Sundance and The Movie Channel, featuring the latest commercial-free blockbusters, original programs and sporting events. To order the Showtime Unlimited Package or the Holyfield vs. Ruiz fight on DISH-on-Demand, call 1-800/333-DISH (3474). For more information, visit www.dishnetwork.com. DISH Network is EchoStar's state-of-the-art DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite) A one-way TV broadcast service from a communications satellite to a small round or oval dish antenna no larger than 20" in diameter. system with the capacity to offer 500 channels of digital video and CD-quality audio programming as well as fully MPEG-2/DVB compliant hardware and installation. DISH Network, a trademark of EchoStar Communications Corporation, currently serves over 4.3 million customers nationwide. EchoStar is included in the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX), which contains the largest non-financial companies on the Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. . For more information, contact 1-800/333-DISH (3474) or visit www.dishnetwork.com. Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), which is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Viacom Inc., owns the premium television networks SHOWTIME, THE MOVIE CHANNEL and FLIX. SNI operates and manages the premium television network SUNDANCE CHANNEL, which is owned by SNI, Robert Redford and Universal Studios. SNI also markets and distributes sports and entertainment events for exhibition to subscribers on a pay-per-view basis. |
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