DISH Network Satellite TV Now Offers National Basketball Association's NBA LEAGUE PASS Package; DISH Network to Soon Carry NBA TV Channel With New Live Game Coverage.Business & Sports Editors/Basketball Writers & Columnists LITTLETON, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2002 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) and its DISH Network See DBS. (TM), a leading direct broadcast satellite television provider, is pleased to announce a multi-year agreement to offer the National Basketball Association's NBA LEAGUE PASS NBA League Pass is an Out-of-Market Sports Package distributed by most cable and satellite providers in North America. The package allows its subscribers to see up to 40 out-of-market National Basketball Association games a week using local and regional television networks. to DISH Network subscribers. DISH Network will carry NBA TV, the league's 24-hour television network, in conjunction with NBA LEAGUE PASS. NBA LEAGUE PASS offers up to 40 out-of-market regular season games each week through April 16, 2003. DISH Network will offer its customers a free preview of NBA LEAGUE PASS from now through Nov. 11, 2002. An early bird price of just $159 for the package is available to DISH Network customers through Nov. 11. NBA LEAGUE PASS is located on channels 561 through 571 and can be ordered for $179 after Nov. 11. DISH Network customers may also subscribe to a half season package beginning Jan. 13, 2003, for $99. DISH Network customers may also choose to pay in three monthly installments. DISH Network is also excited to announce a multi-year agreement to expand its carriage of NBA TV when NBA TV begins offering live game coverage later during the 2002-03 NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= season. NBA TV will televise tel·e·vise tr. & intr.v. tel·e·vised, tel·e·vis·ing, tel·e·vis·es To broadcast or be broadcast by television. [Back-formation from television. live NBA and WNBA WNBA Women's National Basketball Association WNBA World Ninepin Bowling Association WNBA Wannabe Nasty Boys Association WNBA Women's National Book Association, Inc. WNBA Warszawski Nurt Basketu Amatorskiego regular season and playoff games, real-time statistics, scores, news, highlights and vintage games. "The NBA is thrilled to extend the reach of NBA LEAGUE PASS and NBA TV to the more than 7 million DISH Network subscribers from coast to coast," said Ed Desser, President of NBA Television. "NBA LEAGUE PASS is the ultimate viewing experience for basketball fans," said Michael Schwimmer, senior vice president of programming at EchoStar. "We are pleased to bring over 1,000 NBA games to DISH Network customers." To order NBA LEAGUE PASS, call 800/333-DISH (3474). Blackouts may apply. A DISH 500 antenna is required. DISH Network commercial customers are also eligible to offer NBA LEAGUE PASS to patrons. For more information, call 800/454-0843. DISH On Demand Pay-Per-View offers premiere movies and a variety of special events, from concerts to boxing to wrestling. For more information on how to get NBA LEAGUE PASS or your DISH Network satellite TV system, visit your local DISH Network retailer, www.dishnetwork.com or call 800/333-DISH (3474). About NBA Since its founding in 1946, the NBA has become a global phenomenon that transcends national boundaries. With 29 teams in the United States and Canada, NBA games and related programming are broadcast to more than 210 countries in 42 languages. The NBA is one of the largest suppliers of sports television and Internet programming in the world. Through NBA Entertainment, the league's award-winning production and programming division, the league produces NBA TV, a 24-hour television network, weekly television shows, and exclusive content for each of the NBA's team Web sites, and the league's official sites, NBA.com, WNBA.com and NBDL NBDL National Basketball Development League NBDL Naval Biodynamics Laboratory NBDL National Biodynamics Laboratory .com. The league has partnered with the leading Internet content and technology providers, including America Online, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , RealNetworks, USA Networks, and Yahoo! to bring the game experience even closer to its fans worldwide. For more information on the NBA, visit www.nba.com About EchoStar 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. 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 7.46 million customers. |
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