DISH Network Brings Local TV Channels To Meridian, Miss., via Satellite.ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- 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) announced today that its DISH Network(TM) will offer local TV channels by satellite television to Meridian, Miss., and the surrounding area. With this market addition, DISH Network local channels DISH Network offers local channels, affliates of CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX, PBS, CW, MyNetworkTV, i network, Telemundo, Univision, Telefutura, select independent stations, and affiliates of some smaller networks for many markets. Currently DISH Network charges $5. are now available in 152 U.S. markets, covering more than 93 percent of all U.S. TV households. This is the first time local TV channels are available on satellite in the Meridian area, providing an alternative to local cable TV service. The following local TV channels will be available: ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. Ch. 11 (WTOK), CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. Ch. 24 (WMDN) and NBC Ch. 30 (WGBC WGBC World Green Building Council WGBC Wooster Grace Brethren Church (Wooster, OH) ). DISH Network, with the lowest all-digital price in America, now offers local channels as part of its Digital Home Advantage. Starting at $29.99 per month, this package offers customers free installation for up to four TVs, with no commitment and no hardware to buy and includes more than 60 popular TV channels such as ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network , Discovery and TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. , plus local Meridian TV channels. Customers can call DISH Network or a local satellite TV retailer to learn how to get a free multi-satellite dish antenna required to receive Meridian-area local channels. DISH Network also provides digital video recording technologies, high definition TV and nearly 100 international channels to the Meridian area. "DISH Network has expanded its ability to serve local markets with local channels over the years, growing at a rate unmatched by any pay-TV company," said Eric Sahl, vice president of Programming. "We are proud to add Meridian to our list of markets served. Customers in Meridian now have more programming and product choices at a better price, with the ability to watch the news, weather and sports that matter most to them." DISH Network offers local channels via satellite to seven counties in the Meridian area: Choctow, Sumter, Clarke, Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba and Newton counties. DISH Network offers local channels in all 50 states, plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). , and now in Meridian, Miss. For customers who do not subscribe to Digital Home Advantage, local channels will be available at $5.99 per month with a $1 credit for the net cost of $4.99 until a local FOX affiliate becomes available. For more information on DISH Network, visit www.dishnetwork.com, call 1-800-333-DISH (3474), or contact your local DISH Network retailer. For downloadable, print quality images of DISH Network equipment, installations or the DISH Network logo, visit www.dishnetwork.com/content/aboutus/presskit/print/index.shtml. About EchoStar EchoStar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:DISH) serves more than 10.4 million satellite TV customers through its DISH Network(TM), the fastest growing U.S. provider of advanced digital television services in the last four years. DISH Network offers hundreds of video and audio channels, Interactive TV, HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates , sports and international programming, together with professional installation and 24-hour customer service. DISH Network ranks No. 1 in Customer Satisfaction among Cable/Satellite TV Subscribers by J.D. Power and Associates. Visit EchoStar's DISH Network at www.dishnetwork.com or call 1-800-333-DISH (3474). |
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