ADVISORY/EchoStar's DISH Network Launches Local Channels in Seattle.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Wednesday Wednesday: see week. (Jan. 12) --(BUSINESS WIRE) EchoStar/Microsoft Collaborate on New DISHPlayer to Offer Interactivity with Local Channel Programming EchoStar Press Introduction: Wednesday, Jan. 12 at Madison Madison, cities, United States Madison. 1 City (1990 pop. 12,006), seat of Jefferson co., SE Ind., on the Ohio River; settled c.1806, inc. 1838. It is a port of entry and a tobacco marketing center. Audio
Who: EchoStar Communications Corporation and its DISH Network
Satellite TV System
What: You are invited to a press introduction to learn how recent
passage of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act allows
DISH Network to offer consumers in Seattle in 16 counties
their Seattle local channels via a small dish satellite TV
system. See demonstrations of EchoStar's new DISHPlayer, a
joint product developed with Microsoft WebTV Networks that
offers interactivity with local network programming such as
Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. Also, learn how DISH Network
is offering real competition to Seattle's cable companies by
offering every cable customer in Seattle a FREE satellite TV
system and a FREE installation today!
When: Press Introduction begins at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday,
Jan. 12, 2000, at Madison Audio, a DISH Network retailer.
Where: 909 Western Ave. downtown Seattle. Store phone: 206-292-9262.
NOTE: B-Roll and Press Kits of EchoStar and its satellite TV
operations will be available at the press conference. EchoStar
and Madison Audio officials will be available for interviews.
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