DISH Network Announces Best DISH Deal Ever; Allows New Customers To Own a DISH Network System For Only $89.LITTLETON, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 1998--EchoStar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: DISH, DISHP) announced today DISH Network's new promotion that makes it easy and affordable for anyone who wants to enjoy the quality and clarity of digital satellite television. The Best DISH Deal Ever allows new customers to own a complete DISH Network See DBS. (TM) system with programming and installation for only $89. The Best DISH Deal Ever is available for all new customers. It expands the Unbeatable Deal promotion by offering even more values and eliminating the need to submit a 1998 cable bill. So any new residential customer will be able to receive programming credit - $60 for America's Top 60 CD customers or $40 for America's Top 40 customers - by simply submitting the required certificate with their first DISH Network statement. But now they will get even more! This latest promotion also provides either a free Self-Installation Kit or a professional installation for only $99 with the purchase of any system. And it includes the lowest prices ever offered by DISH Network for both a 1000 Series Satellite TV System, which now is only $149, and a Model 1000 Standalone Receiver, which is just $99. The purchase of a 1000 System along with a subscription of America's Top 60 CD and a Self-Installation Kit makes the cost to the consumer only $89 to own the system. "The Best DISH Deal Ever reaffirms DISH Network as the leader in offering the best value in digital television receivers and programming in the 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. industry," said John Reardon
The Best DISH Deal Ever is effective Friday, May 1, 1998, and runs through June 30, 1998. Programming credit offered through this promotion is only applicable to a customer's programming balance, including 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. , headquartered in Littleton, Colorado The City of Littleton is a home rule municipality located in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the State of Colorado. As of 2005, the city is estimated to have a total population of 40,396.[1] Littleton is the 17th most populous city in the State of Colorado. , includes three interrelated in·ter·re·late tr. & intr.v. in·ter·re·lat·ed, in·ter·re·lat·ing, in·ter·re·lates To place in or come into mutual relationship. in business units: o DISH Network(TM), EchoStar's state-of-the-art DBS system that offers customers over 200 channels of digital video and CD-quality audio programming, fully MPEG-2/DVB compliant hardware, installation, financing and leasing. o EchoStar Technologies Corporation (ETC ETC - ExTendible Compiler. Fortran-like, macro extendible. "ETC - An Extendible Macro-Based Compiler", B.N. Dickman, Proc SJCC 38 (1971). , formerly HTS HTS Heights HTS Harmonized Tariff System HTS High Throughput Screening (biomolecular assay screening) HTS High-Throughput Screening (Pharmaceutical Industry) HTS Harmonized Tariff Schedule (TM) - Houston Tracker Systems, Inc.), designs, manufactures and distributes DBS set-top boxes, antennae and other digital equipment for the DISH Network and various international customers that include ExpressVu Canada and Telefonica's Via Digital system in Spain. ETC also provides uplink center design, construction oversight and project integration services for customers internationally. o Satellite Services, provides the turnkey delivery of video, audio and data services to business television customers and other satellite users. These services include satellite uplink services, satellite transponder A receiver/transmitter on a communications satellite. It receives a microwave signal from earth (uplink), amplifies it and retransmits it back to earth at a different frequency (downlink). A satellite has several transponders. space usage, and other services. DISH Network currently serves over one million customers. EchoStar plans to further enhance its services with the launch of EchoStar IV, scheduled for May 8, 1998 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Baikonur or Baykonur Cosmodrome (both: bī'kən  r`), formerly secret aerospace launch complex, Qyzylorda prov. ,
Kazakhstan.
DISH Network is a trademark of EchoStar Communications Corporation. HTS is a trademark of Houston Tracker Systems, Inc. DISH Network is located on the Internet at: http://www.dishnetwork.com CONTACT: EchoStar Communications Corporation Judianne Atencio Communications Director 303/723-2010 e-mail: judianne.atencio@echostar.com |
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