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DISH Network Satellite Television Brings Local TV Channels
to Jackson, Miss.
Cable and Satellite TV Debate is Heating Up
Littleton,
Colo., May 13, 2003 – EchoStar Communications
Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) announced that its DISH Network™ now
offers local TV channels by satellite television to Jackson,
Miss. The following local TV channels will be offered: ABC
Ch. 16 (WAPT), CBS Ch. 12 (WJTV), NBC Ch. 3 (WLBT), FOX Ch.
5 (WAGA – Atlanta) and PBS Ch. 29 (WMPN).
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For the first time, local TV channels will be available by
satellite TV in the Jackson area, providing an alternative
to local cable TV service. ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS and FOX (Atlanta
- for eligible subscribers) will be offered to Jackson area
customers at a price of $5.99 per month.
A FOX TV station from Atlanta will be offered to eligible
customers in the Jackson area. For those customers ineligible
to receive FOX Atlanta, a $1 per month discount will be taken
off the regular price of $5.99 per month. A Dish 500 antenna
is required to receive the local channels via satellite.
“DISH Network customers now have a better alternative
to cable in Jackson,” said Michael Schwimmer, senior
vice president of Programming at EchoStar. “DISH Network
provides local news, weather and sports in 100 percent digital
quality to viewers who should not be left with cable service
as their only choice for local television.”
DISH Network offers local channels via satellite to Jackson
customers in 24 Mississippi counties: Adams, Attala, Claiborne,
Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Jefferson,
Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Leake, Lincoln, Madison, Pike, Rankin,
Scott, Sharkey, Simpson, Smith, Walthall, Warren and Yazoo.
With the addition of Jackson, DISH Network offers local channels
in a total of 65 cities and their metro areas nationwide.
The DISH Network offers consumers the lowest all digital TV
package price in America at only $24.99 per month for more
than 50 popular TV channels.
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.
EchoStar
Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH), through its DISH
NetworkÔ, is a leading U.S. provider of satellite
television entertainment services to homes and businesses with
more than 8.53 million customers. DISH Network delivers advanced
digital satellite television services, including hundreds of
video, audio and Interactive TV channels, personal video recording,
HDTV, sports and international programming, professional installation
and 24-hour customer service.
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