DISH Networkô Now Offers San Diego Metro Area Local Channels Via Satellite Television

EchoStar's DISH Networkô Brings Competition To Cable - Along With Hundreds Of Channel Choices - By Offering Local ABC, NBC, CBS And FOX

6-Jul-00

EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH, DISHP) is pleased to announce that beginning today DISH Networkô will offer local KGTV-ABC (Ch. 10), KNSD-NBC (Ch. 17), XETV-FOX (Ch. 6) and KFMB-CBS (Ch. 8) by satellite television to the entire San Diego county. With the addition of San Diego, California, DISH Network now offers local channels via satellite TV in 30 cities and their metro areas nationwide. With final passage of satellite TV legislation by Congress last December, DISH Network can now provide cable customers an affordable and complete alternative by offering local ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX network channels for a package price of only $4.99 per month. A national PBS channel can be purchased for an additional $1 per month. DISH Network also plans to offer popular independent network channels in some markets. DISH Network is currently offering every cable customer a free DISH 500 satellite TV system and a free installation with a one-year commitment of only $39.98 per month in programming. This special offer is available through July 31, 2000. DISH Network's new DISH 500 satellite TV system offers local networks, as well as hundreds of all-digital channel choices using a single small dish. DISH Network offers popular sports, news, entertainment programming and movie channels. DISH Network also offers dozens of premium movie channels from HBO THE WORKS, SHOWTIME, STARZ! The New Encore, and Cinemax. For more information about receiving your local channels along with hundreds of channels of popular satellite television programming, a free DISH 500 satellite TV system and free installation, visit www.dishnetwork.com, phone 800 333 DISH (3474) or contact your local DISH Network retailer. DISH Network is EchoStar's state-of-the-art DBS 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 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), which contains the largest non-financial companies on the NASDAQ Stock Market.

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