DISH Network to Launch Small Dish Satellite Television Service for Customers in Alaska and Hawaii.Business Editors LITTLETON, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2000 EchoStar's DISH Network See DBS. Offers 70 Channels of All-Digital Entertainment, Sports, Movies in New Programming Package for Alaska and Hawaii 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) announced today that DISH Network(TM) is offering a new, high-power, small-dish satellite television programming service for consumers in Alaska and Hawaii beginning Saturday, April 1, for only $29.99 per month. DISH Network will offer America's Top 70 CD, featuring popular television channels and commercial-free music channels. The following popular entertainment, sports, news and movie channels will be available to DISH Network customers in Alaska and Hawaii who have a DISH Network satellite television system pointed to 119 degrees West Longitude. A&E ESPNews Nickelodeon (West) AMC ESPN2 QVC Animal Planet Family Channel Sci-Fi Channel Cartoon Network Food Network TBS CNBC FX Turner Classic Movies CNN Game Show Network TNT Comedy Central Headline News Travel Channel Country Music History Channel TV Land Television Home & Garden USA Network C-SPAN Learning Channel VH1 C-SPAN2 Lifetime WGN Discovery Channel MSNBC Regional Sports Network (1) Disney Channel (West) MTV DISH CD (30 channels of CD- E! Entertainment Nashville Network quality, commercial-free ESPN music) DISH Network will also offer premium movie channels. Customers can get three channels of HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy (HBO, HBO Plus and HBO Family HBO Family is an American premium cable television network from sister station HBO. It was launched in 1996 as a family friendly version of HBO. Programming Schedule ) for only $11.99 per month, two channels of Showtime (Showtime and Showtime 2) for only $10.99 per month, or both for $20.99 per month. "We're pleased to offer Alaska and Hawaii a robust package of popular programming on a single, smaller satellite dish satellite dish n. A dish antenna used to receive and transmit signals relayed by satellite. satellite dish A parabolic antenna used to receive signals relayed by satellite. ," said Michael Schwimmer, vice president of Programming for EchoStar. "By spot-beaming from our location at 119 degrees W.L., we can offer this unique service to only Alaska and Hawaii, offering consumers 70 all-digital television channels." DISH Network will also offer ABC-KABC, CBS-KCBS, NBC-KNBC and FOX-KTTV network channels for a package price of only $4.99 per month for eligible subscribers who are unserved by their local network affiliates. A national PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, channel can be purchased for an additional $1 per month. Superstation packages with popular independent UPN UPN User Principal Name (Microsoft Windows 2000) UPN United Paramount Network UPN Unión del Pueblo Navarro (Navarrese People Union) UPN Umgekehrte Polnische Notation and WB Network channels KTLA KTLA KCBS TV in Los Angeles , WWOR, KWGN, WSBK and WPIX are only $4.99 per month. Plus, at least two DISH-On-Demand pay-per-view channels will be offered with prices beginning at $2.99 each for box-office movies, concerts and sporting events. For more information visit www.dishnetwork.com, call 1-800/333-DISH (3474), or contact your local DISH Network retailer. DISH Network is EchoStar's state-of-the-art direct broadcast satellite system that is capable of offering over 500 channels of digital video and CD-quality audio programming, fully MPEG-2/DVB compliant hardware and installation. DISH Network was also ranked number one in customer satisfaction among satellite/cable TV subscribers by the J.D. Power and Associates 1999 Cable/Satellite TV Customer Satisfaction Study. DISH Network offers local networks, Dolby Digital A digital audio encoding system from Dolby used in movie and home theaters. First used in 1995, Dolby Digital employs Dolby's AC-3 (Audio Coding-3) coding and compression technology and is the standard for DVD-Video and HDTV. 5. surround sound, interactive television and data services, all on a single dish. DISH Network, which serves over 3.4 million customers, is a trademark of EchoStar Communications Corporation. |
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