Dish Network Adds 3 Millionth Customer!
EchoStar's DISH Network Nets 132,000 Customers In September EchoStar Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:DISH) (Nasdaq:DISHP) has announced that its Dish Networkô satellite television service has grown to over 3 million customers, less than nine months after reaching 2 million subscribers, making EchoStar the fastest growing direct broadcast satellite (DBS) provider in the United States. EchoStar added approximately 132,000 net new customers in September 1999, a record month for EchoStar and a 63 percent increase over the number of net new customers added in September 1998. This marks the 12th consecutive month Dish Network has achieved customer growth of over 100,000 net additions. For the third quarter of 1999, DISH Network added 375,000 subscribers, an increase of 65 percent over the third quarter of 1998. ""This milestone for DISH Network is the result of the many contributions of over 4,000 employees, over 20,000 satellite retailers, and numerous programmers and vendors,"" said Charlie Ergen, Chairman and CEO of EchoStar. ""With the successful launch of our fifth satellite in September and with the passage of fair legislation currently being debated by Congress, Dish Network is well positioned to offer 500 channels on a one-dish solution which includes local network programming by satellite. DISH Network is on its way toward its goal of placing a dish in every home, business and school in America. And we'll do it with the same low prices on programming and equipment that our subscribers have grown accustomed to.""