DISH Network Satellite TV Adds Wisdom Television to America's Top 150 Programming Package.Business, Health & Medical Editors LITTLETON, Colo. & BLUEFIELD, W.Va.--(BW HealthWire)--Nov. 17, 2000 WISDOM(R) Media Group and 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) announced that WISDOM Television will be added to DISH Network See DBS. (TM) satellite television service's America's Top 150 programming package beginning today at no additional cost to customers. WISDOM Television (channel 264) is a fast-growing new network that offers 24-hour life improvement programming in the areas of personal growth, social consciousness and healthier living. WISDOM Television seeks to inspire, enlighten, nurture and challenge viewers. DISH Network customers can enjoy WISDOM Television's empowering shows such as "Conversations with Remarkable People" with Chantal Westerman, "FoodWise" with chef Jesse Cool, "Health Choices" with Dr. Howard Torman and the upcoming Omega series, "Eye of the Spirit." WISDOM viewers will also benefit from a roster of internationally recognized experts such as Martin Luther King III Martin Luther King III (born October 23 1957, in Montgomery, Alabama) is a human rights advocate and community activist. He is the first son of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. His siblings are Dexter Scott King, and Rev. Bernice Albertine King. , Deepak Chopra Deepak Chopra (Hindi: दीपक चोपड़ा; born October 22, 1946) is an Indian medical doctor and writer. He has written extensively on spirituality and diverse topics in mind-body medicine. , Dr. Andrew Weil, Cheryl Richardson and Dr. Dean Ornish. Available to DISH Network's DISH 500 customers, America's Top 150 programming package offers the most movies, sports, news, entertainment and family programming, as well as all the popular channels in America's Top 100 CD programming package, for one low price of $39.99 per month. For more information visit www.dishnetwork.com, call 1-800/333-DISH (3474), or contact your local DISH Network retailer. For more information about programming on WISDOM Television, visit www.wisdommedia.com. 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 5 million customers. For more information, visit www.dishnetwork.com or call 1-800/333-DISH (3474). WISDOM(R) Television is a division of WISDOM(R) Media Group, based in Bluefield, West Virginia Bluefield is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 11,451 at the 2000 census. It is also the core city of the Bluefield WV-VA micropolitan area which has a population of 107,578. , with satellite offices in 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 , Dallas, and Denver. In addition to its television services, WISDOM also has a radio service and an Internet company, making it a truly convergent entity. |
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