DISH Network Launches New HDTV Pay-Per-View Channel.Business & Entertainment Editors LITTLETON, Colo.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Sept. 27, 2000 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) Channel 9428, DISH-On-Demand's First High-Definition Pay-Per-View Television Channel, Premieres with `The World is Not Enough' EchoStar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:DISH, DISHP) is excited to announce today that starting Saturday, Sept. 30, DISH Network See DBS. (TM) will premiere the James Bond thriller, THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, on DISH-On-Demand pay-per-view in high-definition television for only $5.99! DISH-On-Demand's 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 channel, 9428, can be accessed by customers who have a satellite dish pointed at the 61.5 degrees West Longitude orbital location. Customers who use DISH Network's Model 6000 satellite television receiver (DISH HD) or a model 5000 satellite television receiver with an HD modulator Modulator Any device or circuit by means of which a desired signal is impressed upon a higher-frequency periodic wave known as a carrier. The process is called modulation. The modulator may vary the amplitude, frequency, or phase of the carrier. can purchase movies for $5.99 each. HDTV technology provides customers with greater resolution and a more clearly defined, sharper image. With its wide screen 16:9 ratio format and Dolby Digital sound, DISH-On-Demand's HD pay-per-view channel helps create a theater-like presentation. Other movies premiering on DISH-On-Demand HD are SUPERNOVA on Oct. 14 and THE NINTH GATE on Oct. 24. DISH Network also offers one channel of HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy and one channel of Showtime in HDTV. Both are available with the purchase of HBO The Works Package for $11.99 per month or the Showtime Unlimited Package for $10.99 per month. For more information, visit www.dishnetwork.com or call 800/333-DISH (3474). DISH Network is a trademark of EchoStar Communications Corporation. DISH Network is EchoStar's state-of-the-art direct broadcast satellite TV system that is capable of offering over 500 channels of digital video and CD-quality audio programming, as well as fully MPEG-2/DVB compliant hardware and installation. DISH Network was ranked number one in overall customer satisfaction among cable/satellite TV subscribers by J.D. Power and Associates in 1999 and 2000. EchoStar is included in the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX NDX Index NDX Index (File Name Extension) NDX Northern Document Exchange NDX Index File ) 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. . DISH Network currently serves over 4.3 million customers. |
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