DISH Network Offers Free Sundance Channel Preview!Entertainment Editors/Writers LITTLETON, Colo.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2000 All DISH Network See DBS. Customers Get VIP Ticket to Live Coverage of the Sundance Film Festival During Exclusive FREE Weekend Preview of the Sundance Channel! 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(TM) and Showtime Networks is offering a free preview Free preview is a term, most commonly used by cable television, referring to when cable systems offer a pay-TV service to customers for free for a short period of time. History weekend of Sundance Channel to all DISH Network customers who have a dish antenna pointed at 119 degrees West Longitude, Jan. 28 through Jan. 31, 2000! Customers can tune to channel 332 for three days of exclusive films that were screened at previous Sundance Film Festivals and special events, including the premiere of Sundance Film Festival: Live!, a live broadcast of the closing night awards ceremonies on Saturday, Jan. 29. As part of DISH Network's SHOWTIME UNLIMITED programming package, Sundance Channel brings the film festival experience to television. Sundance Channel has devoted the entire month of January to airing films from previous Sundance Film Festivals, including The 24-Hour Woman starring Rosie Perez, Four Weddings and a Funeral starring Hugh Grant, David Mamet's The Spanish Prisoner, Sliding Doors starring Gwyneth Paltrow, and The Opposite Of Sex starring Lisa Kudrow Lisa Marie Diane Kudrow (born July 30, 1963) is an Emmy Award- and SAG-winning American actress best known for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the hugely popular sitcom Friends. and Christina Ricci. &uot;With the free preview weekend of Sundance Channel, and the recent launch of two new Showtime channels, SHOWTIME BEYOND and SHOWTIME 3, DISH Network customers will have access to more than 10 commercial-free premium movie channels for only $10.99 per month,&uot; said Michael Schwimmer, vice president of Programming at EchoStar. DISH Network's SHOWTIME UNLIMITED package provides customers with exclusive first-run Hollywood hit movies, world premiere Noun 1. world premiere - (music) the first public performance (as of a dramatic or musical work) anywhere in the world performance, public presentation - a dramatic or musical entertainment; "they listened to ten different performances"; "the play ran for 100 original movies, award-winning family specials and championship boxing. All of the channels in the SHOWTIME UNLIMITED package are programmed to complement each other, with staggered start times and no same-day duplication, giving subscribers the greatest viewing choices every day. Channels in DISH Network's SHOWTIME UNLIMITED package include: Showtime (three channels): These three channels feature premium entertainment: exclusive Hollywood hits, ground-breaking original pictures and series, plus blistering action from America's No. 1 boxing network. Showtime Extreme (one channel): Features nonstop adventure, chills and thrills, 24-hours-a-day. Showtime Beyond (one channel): Showtime Beyond is a new 24-hour channel offering a blend of movies based on sci-fi, horror and fantasy. The channel features select first-run theatrical premieres and original pictures and series, including exclusive new episodes of The Hunger, a series hosted by David Bowie. Showtime 3 (one channel): Showtime 3 offers even more viewing choices each month, including top Hollywood hits and award-winning Showtime original pictures. The Movie Channel (two channels): TMC TMC Technology Marketing Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) TMC Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX) TMC Traffic Message Channel TMC The Movie Channel TMC Traffic Management Center offers recent hits, TMC original movies, daily movie marathons and more. FLIX (1 channel): Movies you grew up with and love for what they are, not for when they were made. Sundance Channel (1 channel): Independent movies in the spirit of the Sundance Film Festival. For more information about the Sundance Channel free preview, contact 1-888/678-6326. For more information about SHOWTIME UNLIMITED on DISH Network, visit www.dishnetwork.com/movies. Sundance Channel (www.sundancechannel.com), a premium television service under the creative direction of Robert Redford Noun 1. Robert Redford - United States actor and filmmaker who starred with Paul Newman in several films (born in 1936) Charles Robert Redford, Redford , brings television viewers the film festival experience by presenting a diverse selection of feature films, shorts, documentaries and international cinema, all uncut and commercial-free. Sundance Channel, launched in 1996, is a venture between Robert Redford, Showtime Networks Inc. and Universal Studios. Sundance Channel operates independently of the non-profit Sundance Institute and the Sundance Film Festival but shares the Sundance mission of supporting independent artists and providing them with wider opportunities to present their work to audiences. Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI (1) (Subscriber Network Interface) The point of interface between the customer's equipment (CPE) and a communications service from a common carrier. (2) (SNA Network I ), which is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Viacom Inc., owns the premium television networks SHOWTIME, THE MOVIE CHANNEL and FLIX. SNI operates and manages the premium television network SUNDANCE CHANNEL, which is owned by SNI, Robert Redford and Universal Studios. SNI also markets and distributes sports and entertainment events for exhibition to subscribers on a pay-per-view basis. 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 No.1 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 For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. 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, high definition television, Dolby Digital A digital audio encoding system from Dolby used in movie and home theaters. First used in 1995, Dolby Digital employs Dolby's AC-3 (Audio Coding-3) coding and compression technology and is the standard for DVD-Video and HDTV. 5. surround sound An audio recording and playback system that uses five or more channels plus a subwoofer channel. See 5.1 channel and 3D audio. , 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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