DISH Network Satellite Television Brings Local Channels to El Paso-Las Cruces Area.Business Editors ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 2004 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) announced today that its DISH Network See DBS. (TM) will offer local TV channels by satellite television to El Paso El Paso (ĕl pă`sō), city (1990 pop. 515,342), seat of El Paso co., extreme W Tex., on the Rio Grande opposite Juárez, Mex.; inc. 1873. , Texas, Las Cruces, N.M., and the surrounding area. The following local TV channels will be available: FOX Ch. 14 (KFOX), 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. Ch. 9 (KTSM), Univision Ch. 26 (KINT) and Telefutura Ch. 65 (KTFN). This is the first time local TV channels are available by satellite in the El Paso area, providing an alternative to local cable TV service. DISH Network now offers local channels as part of its new Digital Home Advantage. Starting at $29.99 per a month, this promotion offers customers free installation for up to four TVs, with no commitment and no hardware to buy and includes more than 60 popular TV channels such as ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network , Discovery and Nickelodeon, plus local El Paso TV channels. DISH Network has frozen the lowest all digital TV price through January 2005. Customers can call DISH Network or a local satellite TV retailer to learn how to get a free multi-satellite dish antenna required to receive El Paso-area local channels. DISH Network also provides digital video recording technologies, high definition TV and Spanish-language channels to the El Paso-Las Cruces cru·ces n. A plural of crux. area. "The availability of local channels on DISH Network gives TV viewers in the El Paso area an even more compelling reason to switch from cable," said Michael Schwimmer, senior vice president of Programming at EchoStar. "Customers who are fed up with the cable companies' outrageous rate increases now have access to local news, weather and sports via all-digital satellite TV -- only on DISH Network -- at a competitive price." DISH Network is celebrating this launch at the local El Paso customer service center by inviting the public to join a free pig roast luncheon. DISH Network offers local channels via satellite to four counties in the El Paso-Las Cruces area, including Dona Ana, Culberson, El Paso and Hudspeth counties. With the addition of El Paso, DISH Network offers local channels in a total of 115 cities and their metro areas, and in 46 states nationwide, plus the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . For customers who do not subscribe to Digital Home Advantage, local channels will be available at $4.99 per a month with a $1 credit until a local 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. and CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. affiliate becomes available. DISH Network expects to supplement the line-up of local channels in El Paso soon by adding Telemundo Ch. 48 (KYTO). For more information on DISH Network, visit www.dishnetwork.com, call 1-800/333-DISH (3474), or contact your local DISH Network retailer. For downloadable, print quality images of DISH Network equipment, installations or the DISH Network logo, visit www.dishnetwork.com/content/aboutus/presskit/print/index.shtml. About EchoStar EchoStar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:DISH) serves more than 9.4 million satellite TV customers through its DISH Network(TM) and is a leading U.S. provider of advanced digital television services. DISH Network's services include hundreds of video and audio channels, Interactive TV, HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates , sports and international programming, together with professional installation and 24-hour customer service. DISH Network is the leader in the sale of digital video recorders (DVRs). Visit EchoStar's DISH Network at www.dishnetwork.com or call 1-800-333-DISH (3474). |
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