DISH Network Offers Even More Choices With Launch of Local Channels in Five More Major Markets.LITTLETON, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 1998-- EchoStar Offers Customers Free Second Dish For Local Channel Access EchoStar Communications Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :DISH, DISHP) announced today that DISH Network, the only direct broadcast satellite company to offer local channels, is now offering DISH NETS local broadcast network channels to five more U.S. cities. DISH Network is now digitally rebroadcasting 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 affiliates as well as 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 to customers in Miami, Denver, Salt Lake City, Phoenix and San Francisco in addition to local channel services already offered in Boston, New York Boston is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 7,897 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Boston, Massachusetts. The Town of Boston is an interior town of the county and one of the county's "Southtowns. , Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas and Los Angeles -- with more DISH NETS cities coming soon! DISH NETS means more channels -- more choices! DISH Network is now adding the following local channels to the DISH NETS lineup: -0-
City Affiliate Network Local Channel
Denver KMGH ABC Channel 7
KCNC CBS Channel 4
KUSA NBC Channel 9
KDVR FOX Channel 31
PBS National feed
Salt Lake City KTVX ABC Channel 4
KSL NBC Channel 5
KUTV CBS Channel 2
KSTU FOX Channel 13
PBS National feed
Phoenix KNXV ABC Channel 15
KPHO CBS Channel 5
KPNX NBC Channel 12
KSAZ FOX Channel 10
PBS National feed
San Francisco KGO ABC Channel 7
KPIX CBS Channel 5
KRON NBC Channel 4
KTVU FOX Channel 2
PBS National feed
Miami WPLG ABC Channel 10
WFOR CBS Channel 4
WTVJ NBC Channel 6
WSVN FOX Channel 7
PBS National feed
The DISH NETS local channel packages are available now for only $4.99 per month to eligible consumers. DISH Network makes it easy and affordable for customers to watch their local news, sports and weather as well as their favorite network TV shows with the DISH NETS local channel package. If new customers act now, they can also receive a FREE local off-air or dish antenna with purchase of a $49 Professional Installation Special and a $50 local network installation. Viewers may be eligible to receive their local TV network channels as well as DISH NETS East or DISH NETS West network packages, the flagship network stations from 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 and Los Angeles. This offer is for a limited time only, so call 1-800-333-DISH or your local DISH Network retailer to start enjoying the best value in satellite television. "EchoStar is the only 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. company today offering local channel access through satellite and providing consumers with a true, fully competitive alternative to cable," said Charlie Ergen, chairman and 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 EchoStar. "Because consumers spend most of their time watching their local channels, DISH Network is now offering customers in 12 cities the ability to disconnect from cable and get their local channels seamlessly, either with an off-air antenna or from our satellites." DISH Network also makes it easy and affordable for consumers to choose from over 300 programming options of digital satellite television. With "The $49 Professional Installation Special," DISH Network has slashed the price of a standard professional installation to only $49, or customers can choose to receive a self-installation kit for FREE! Complete digital satellite TV systems start at only $149. DISH Network customers can also choose from America's Top 40 channel package for only $19.99 or America's Top 60 CD channel package for $28.99. In addition, DISH Network offers premium channels such as Multi-Channel HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy , Multi-Channel Showtime, STARZ! and ENCORE! You can have it all, including local channels, with crystal-clear, CD-quality audio and video channels providing the best in entertainment television and international programming available today. To begin receiving the best value in satellite television entertainment or to find out if you qualify to receive your local channels, call 1-800-333-DISH (3474), your local DISH Network retailer or visit us at our website at www.dishnetwork.com. EchoStar Communications Corp., 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: -- DISH Network, EchoStar's state-of-the-art DBS system that offers customers over 300 programming services of digital video and CD-quality audio programming, fully MPEG-2/DVB compliant hardware, installation, financing and leasing. -- 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 HTSTM - 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. -- Satellite Services provides the delivery of video, audio and data services to business television customers and other satellite users. These services include satellite uplink, 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. The DISH Network currently serves over 1.5 million customers. DISH Network 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. . HTS HTS Heights HTS Harmonized Tariff System HTS High Throughput Screening (biomolecular assay screening) HTS High-Throughput Screening (Pharmaceutical Industry) HTS Harmonized Tariff Schedule is a trademark of Houston Tracker Systems, Inc. DISH Network is located on the Internet at: http://www.dishnetwork.com
CONTACT: EchoStar Communications Corp.
Judianne Atencio
Communications Director
303/723-2010
judianne.atencio@echostar.com
OR
Marc Lumpkin
Communications Manager
303/723-2020
marc.lumpkin@echostar.com
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