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DISH Networkô Now Offers Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida, Local Channels Via Satellite Television
EchoStar DISH Networkô Brings Competition To Cable - Along With Hundreds Of Channel Choices - By Offering Local ABC, CBS, NBC And FOX Networks
EchoStar Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH, DISHP) is pleased to announce today that DISH Networkô is now offering local WFTS-ABC (Ch. 28), WTSP-CBS (Ch. 10), WFLA-NBC (Ch. 8), and WTVT-FOX (Ch. 13) by satellite television to 10 counties in the greater area of Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida. With the addition of Tampa-St. Petersburg, DISH Network now offers local channels via satellite TV in 23 cities and their metro areas nationwide. With final passage of satellite TV legislation by Congress December 1999, 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 offers crystal-clear local channels to Tampa-St. Petersburg in the following counties: Citrus, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota. With the addition of Tampa-St. Petersburg, DISH Network currently offers local channels in 23 metro areas, including: New York, New York; Los Angeles, California; Chicago, Illinois; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California; Boston, Massachusetts; Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas; Washington, D.C.; Detroit, Michigan; Atlanta, Georgia; Seattle-Tacoma, Washington; Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota; Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Phoenix, Arizona; Denver, Colorado; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Nashville, Tennessee; Salt Lake City, Utah; Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri; Houston, Texas; Cleveland, Ohio and Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, Florida. 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 has been extended until April 30, 2000. DISH Network's new DISH 500 satellite TV systems offers local networks, as well as hundreds of all-digital channel choices using a single small dish, including popular sports, news and entertainment programming and dozens of premium movie channels. About DISH Network DISH Network is EchoStar's state-of-the-art direct broadcast satellite TV system that is capable of offering over 500 channels of digital video and CD-quality audio programming, fully MPEG-2/DVB compliant hardware and installation. DISH Network was also ranked number one in customer satisfaction among satellite/cable TV subscribers by the J.D. Power and Associates 1999 Cable/Satellite TV Customer Satisfaction Study. EchoStar V, EchoStar's newest high-power direct broadcast satellite, launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS rocket on Sept. 23, 1999, to the 110 degrees W.L. orbital location. EchoStar V allows DISH Network to offer up to 500 channels, including local channels, DolbyÆ Digital surround sound, interactive television and data services, all on a single dish antenna. DISH Network, which currently serves over 3.4 million customers, is a trademark of EchoStar Communications Corporation.