DISH Network Scores MLS/ESPN SHOOTOUT; ESPN's Major League Soccer Package Debuts on DISH-On-Demand with Over 120 Games for One Low Price.Business Editors LITTLETON, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2000 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 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) is excited to announce today that DISH Network(TM) will debut MLS/ESPN SHOOTOUT, which features more than 120 Major League Soccer regular-season and playoff matches, for only $69, on DISH-On-Demand starting Saturday, March 18, 2000, and running through mid-October. "DISH Network is excited to debut MLS/ESPN SHOOTOUT on DISH-On-Demand," said Michael Schwimmer, vice president of Programming at EchoStar. "We know our customers will enjoy their front-row seats in the comfort of their homes to watch the most heated matches of Major League Soccer in the U.S." MLS/ESPN SHOOTOUT will be available on channels 457-462 to customers who have a dish antenna pointed at the 119 degrees West Longitude orbital location. Customers can order the MLS/ESPN SHOOTOUT season package today by calling 1-800/333-DISH (3474). MLS/ESPN SHOOTOUT will also be available to commercial establishments, such as bars and restaurants. For more information on commercial services, call 1-800/454-0837. MLS/ESPN SHOOTOUT is one of the sports packages offered to DISH Network customers by ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network , joining the ESPN GamePlan college football package and the ESPN FULL COURT ESPN Full Court is a pay-per-view out-of-market sports package in the United States that carries college basketball games. It is available on all major cable and satellite television providers, and on any computer with Internet access and a broadband connection. college basketball package. DISH Network is EchoStar's state-of-the-art DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite) A one-way TV broadcast service from a communications satellite to a small round or oval dish antenna no larger than 20" in diameter. system with the capacity to offer customers 500 channels of digital video and CD-quality audio programming as well as fully MPEG-2/DVB compliant hardware and installation. DISH Network, a trademark of EchoStar Communications Corporation, currently serves over 3.4 million customers nationwide. DISH Network was ranked number one in customer satisfaction among satellite/cable TV subscribers by J.D. Power and Associates in 1999. 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. . For more information, contact 1-800/333-DISH (3474) or visit www.dishnetwork.com. |
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