DISH Network Serves 100 Million U.S. TV Households with Local Channels; Satellite Television Company First To Reach Nine-Digit Milestone

23-Jul-04

EchoStar Communications Corporation announced today that its DISH Network(tm) has become the first pay-TV company to make local channels available to 100 million TV households nationally. The milestone, coming on the heels of DISH Network's announcement that it has reached 10 million subscribers and offers more than 1,000 local channels nation-wide, represents 92 percent of the nation's TV households. Today's announcement of local service availability in the Charleston, S.C., and Montgomery, Ala., markets has put DISH Network over the top in its five-year effort to reach 100 million TV households. With these two additional market introductions, DISH Network offers local channels in 141 cities and their metro areas.For more information on DISH Network, visit www.dishnetwork.com.

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