DISH Network Satellite TV Presents ``Lewis Tyson is On'' on DISH On Demand Pay-Per-View.Sports Editors & Boxing Writers/Columnists LITTLETON, Colo.--(BW SportsWire)--June 3, 2002 DISH Network(TM) (Nasdaq: DISH), the fastest-growing U.S. direct broadcast satellite television entertainment company, announced today that it will offer Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson on DISH On Demand Pay-Per-View. Lewis and Tyson are scheduled to go 12 rounds on Saturday, June 8, at 9:00 p.m. ET (with the pre-show beginning at 8:30 p.m. ET) at the Pyramid in Memphis for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship on DISH Network channels Channel Types America's Top 100 Tier America's Top 100 Plus Tier America's Top 200 Tier America's Top 250 Tier Pay Per View Adult Pay Per View Sports Tier Premium or Subscription Channel This is a list of the channels receivable from Dish Network. 455 and 538 for $54.95. The World Heavyweight Championship The World Heavyweight Championship is the name given to a number of unrelated titles, meant to emphasize the top championship of boxing, professional wrestling, mixed martial arts, or other similar sports and performance arts. features World Boxing Council The World Boxing Council was initially created by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of , International Boxing Federation “IBF” redirects here. For other uses, see IBF (disambiguation). The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of three major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC. and IBO heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis (39-2-1, 30 KOs) and Mike Tyson (49-3-2, 43 KOs) who was the youngest man ever crowned the World Boxing Council heavyweight champion at the age of 20. DISH On Demand Pay-Per-View offers premiere movies and a variety of special events, from concerts to boxing to wrestling. To order Lewis vs. Tyson, customers can simply highlight the event and push the "Select" button on the remote control on channel 501, or call 877/DISHPPV (347-4778). For more information on how to get a free satellite TV system or three months of free programming, visit www.dishnetwork.com or call 800/333-DISH (3474). 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. . 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) 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 7.16 million customers. |
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