Dish Network to Offer ESPN GamePlan College Football Pay-Per-View Package; Direct-to-Home Satellite Service to Offer up to 100-Game Schedule.LITTLETON, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 1998--EchoStar Communications Corp. (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) will offer the ESPN GamePlan(TM) college football pay-per-view package to its 1.4 million customers beginning this fall. In cooperation with football conferences such as the BIG TEN, PAC-10, BIG EAST, BIG XII, ACC See adaptive cruise control. , WAC WAC (Women's Army Corps), U.S. army organization created (1942) during World War II to enlist women as auxiliaries for noncombatant duty in the U.S. army. Before 1943 it was known as the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC). Its first director was Oveta Culp Hobby. and SEC, DISH Network and ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Enterprises will offer up to 100 games from 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. Sports and regional conference syndicates. DISH Network will offer the entire ESPN GamePlan schedule - up to 10 games per week and up to 100 games in all beginning Saturday, Sept. 5 and continuing for 13 consecutive weeks through Saturday, Nov. 28. "DISH Network is excited to offer our customers a front row ticket to ESPN GamePlan's excellent pay-per-view sports package," said John Reardon, president of DISH Network. "It will offer access to more top NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association college football games than ever before." "We are pleased that this great schedule of college football action will be offered to DISH Network customers," said Bryan Burns, vice president, distribution development, ESPN. "Satellite customers have embraced out-of-market sports packages, and now 1.4 million more fans will have the opportunity to see more of the best college football games from around the country." DISH Network customers may subscribe to all of the games on a given Saturday for only $11.95. Also, customers can purchase the 1998 ESPN GamePlan "Season Package" on or before Saturday, Sept. 12 for an early bird price of $79. After Sept. 12, the price is $89. The ESPN GamePlan "Season Package" will be available for purchase through Saturday, Oct. 10. After this date, ESPN GamePlan will only be available on a per-day basis. Customers may subscribe to the DISH Network and ESPN GamePlan by calling 1-800-333-DISH (3474). In addition to ESPN GamePlan, DISH Network offers ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNEWS in its America's Top 40 package plus ESPN Classic Sports in its America's Top 60 CD package. EchoStar Communications Corp. includes three interrelated in·ter·re·late tr. & intr.v. in·ter·re·lat·ed, in·ter·re·lat·ing, in·ter·re·lates To place in or come into mutual relationship. in business units: -- DISH Network(TM), 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 that offers customers over 300 services of digital video and CD-quality audio programming, fully MPEG-2/DVB compliant hardware, installation, financing and leasing. -- EchoStar Technologies Corporation (ETC ETC - ExTendible Compiler. Fortran-like, macro extendible. "ETC - An Extendible Macro-Based Compiler", B.N. Dickman, Proc SJCC 38 (1971). , formerly HTS(TM) - Houston Tracker Systems, Inc.), designs, manufactures and distributes DBS set-top boxes, antennae and other digital equipment for the DISH Network and various international customers that include ExpressVu Canada and Telefonica's Via Digital system in Spain. ETC also provides uplink center design, construction oversight and project integration services for customers internationally. -- Satellite Services provides the delivery of video, audio and data services to business television customers and other satellite users. These services include satellite uplink, satellite transponder space usage, and other services. The DISH Network currently serves 1.4 million customers. 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. . HTS is a trademark of Houston Tracker Systems, Inc. DISH Network is located on the Internet at: http://www.dishnetwork.com
CONTACT: EchoStar Communications Corp.
Marc Lumpkin, Communications Manager, 303/723-2020
e-mail: marc.lumpkin@echostar.com
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