ClearWorks to deliver DISH Network Satellite TV To All-Digital Communities in Houston.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 1999--ClearWorks Technologies Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB:CLWK) announced today that it will provide EchoStar Communications' (Nasdaq:DISH) (Nasdaq:DISHP) Network(TM) direct broadcast satellite (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. ) television service to residential communities where ClearWorks is providing bundled digital services. ClearWorks is a retailer of DISH Network See DBS. products. DISH Network was started in 1996 by EchoStar Communications Corp, one of the nation's leading DBS television providers, as well as a designer and manufacturer of DBS equipment. EchoStar is based in Littleton, Colo. DISH Network, which serves more than 2.1 million customers, provides more than 300 channels of popular digital video and CD-quality audio programming, including popular channels such as CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. , Comedy Central, ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network and the DISCOVERY Channel. ClearWorks coordinates with subdivision developers to build a fiber-optic network into residential communities. It then pre-wires every home for a full complement of bundled digital services, such as DISH Network's America's Top 40 package of satellite television channels. ClearWorks-powered homes will also receive Internet connections at bi-directional speeds of up to 100 megabits per second (unit) megabits per second - (Mbps, Mb/s) Millions of bits per second. A unit of data rate. 1 Mb/s = 1,000,000 bits per second (not 1,048,576). E.g. Ethernet can carry 10 Mbps. -- 2,000 times faster than a 56k-modem dial-up connection, as well as digital telephone service with features such as voice mail and caller ID A telephone company service that sends the caller's telephone number between the first and second ring of the call. If the calling number is not blocked, the calling number is displayed on the handset or base station of the called party. . ClearWorks will also offer through its fiber-optic network an on-demand video service, closed-circuit security capabilities, a community Intranet and much more, all from one company. A total of 2,700 new homes are being built in the first all-digital communities -- Canyon Gate at Northpointe and Canyon Gate at Cinco Ranch ranch, large farm devoted chiefly to raising and breeding cattle, horses, sheep, and goats. The cattle ranch was introduced from Latin America to Texas and the plains of the W United States and Canada. , both in Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the . ClearWorks will distribute DISH Network satellite TV to each home in the communities via ClearWorks' fiber-optic cable network. An estimated 100 homes at Canyon Gate at Cinco Ranch have already been sold and occupied. ClearWorks is planning a national roll-out of their proprietary digital technology in coming months. "ClearWorks is pleased to include DISH Network TV in its bundled package of services," says Michael McClere, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ClearWorks. "DISH Network is the premier provider of digital satellite television, and we believe they are the best choice in providing the most popular television channels to our customers." "ClearWorks represents the strength that our dealer base has in expanding its services beyond the traditional offering to a single housing development," said Wiley Reed, Director of Commercial Sales for EchoStar. "ClearWorks is showing the self-initiative that our retailers are famous for when it comes to creating more opportunities for new customers to watch the best in satellite television." EchoStar's DISH Network offers its customers more than 300 channels of digital video and CD-quality audio programming, fully MPEG-2/DVB compliant hardware, and installation. EchoStar has nearly 4,000 employees worldwide. Its state-of-the-art satellite uplink (1) Transmitting from an earth station to a satellite. Contrast with downlink. (2) A port on a network device that is used to connect to another network device rather than a client or server. See MDI port. center in Wyoming transmits signals to and from EchoStar's four high-powered satellites. Certain statements in this release are forward-looking. Although ClearWorks Technologies Inc. (the Company) believes its expectations are based on reasonable assumptions within the bounds of its knowledge of its business and operations, there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from its expectations. Merger Communications (Merger) is a media relations firm employed by the Company. Statements and opinions presented here represent the views of the Company, not Merger, as the release is based on information provided by the Company. Merger and the Company believe that all information in this release has been obtained from sources considered reliable, but cannot guarantee that the statements presented herein are accurate or complete. 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