DISH Network Now Offers Cleveland Local Channels Via Satellite Television.Business and Entertainment Editors LITTLETON, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2000 DISH Network See DBS. Brings Competition to Cable - Along with Hundreds of Channel Choices - By Offering Local 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. , CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. , NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. and FOX Networks in More Than 20 Cities! EchoStar Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:DISH, DISHP) is pleased to announce today that DISH Network(tm), the nation's fastest-growing satellite television company, is now offering local WEWS-ABC (Ch. 5), WOIO-CBS (Ch. 19), WKYC-NBC (Ch. 3), and WJW-FOX (Ch. 8) by satellite television to 17 counties in the greater Cleveland Greater Cleveland is a nickname for the metropolitan area surrounding Cleveland in Ohio. Northeast Ohio refers to a similar but substantially larger area as described below. area. With the addition of Cleveland, DISH Network now offers local channels in 22 cities nationwide. With final passage of satellite TV legislation by Congress last December, DISH Network can now provide consumers an affordable and complete alternative to cable by offering local ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX network channels by satellite for a package price of only $4.99 per month. A national PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, channel can be purchased for an additional $1 per month. DISH Network also plans to offer popular independent network channels in some markets. DISH Network offers crystal-clear local channels to Cleveland in the following counties:
Ashland Lorain
Ashtabula Medina
Carroll Portage
Cuyahoga Richland
Erie Stark
Geauga Summit
Holmes Tuscarawas
Huron Wayne
Lake
DISH Network currently offers local channels in 22 cities: New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ; Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. ; Chicago; Philadelphia; San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose; Boston; Dallas-Ft. Worth; Washington, D.C.; Detroit; Atlanta; Seattle-Tacoma; Minneapolis-St. Paul; Miami-Ft. Lauderdale; Phoenix; Denver; Pittsburgh; Nashville; Salt Lake City; Kansas City, Kan. and Kansas City, Mo.; Houston; Orlando and Cleveland. DISH Network is currently offering every cable customer in Cleveland a FREE DISH 500 satellite TV system and FREE installation with a one-year commitment to $39.98 per month in programming. DISH Network's new DISH 500 satellite TV systems offer local networks, as well as hundreds of all-digital channel choices using a single small dish, including popular sports, news and entertainment programming and dozens of premium movie channels. DISH Network offers America's Top 100 CD programming package starting at only $28.99 for over 100 channels. For more information about receiving your local channels along with hundreds of channels of popular satellite television programming, a FREE DISH 500 satellite TV system and FREE installation, visit www.dishnetwork.com, call 1-800-333-DISH (3474), or contact your local DISH Network retailer. 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, fully MPEG-2/DVB compliant hardware and installation. DISH Network was also ranked number one in customer satisfaction among satellite/cable TV subscribers by the J.D. Power and Associates 1999 Cable/Satellite TV Customer Satisfaction Study. EchoStar V, EchoStar's newest high-power direct broadcast satellite, launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS IIAS International Institute for Asian Studies IIAS International Institute of Administrative Sciences IIAS Inventory Information Approval System IIAS Indian Institute of Advanced Study IIAS International Internet Associate Symposium IIAS International Internet Advertising Services rocket on Sept. 23, 1999, to the 110 degrees W.L. orbital location. EchoStar V allows DISH Network to offer up to 500 channels, including local channels, Dolby Digital surround sound, high-speed interactive television and data services, all on a single dish antenna. DISH Network, which currently serves over 3.4 million customers, is a trademark of 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. . DISH Network is located on the Internet at www.dishnetwork.com. |
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