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DISH Networkô Now Offers Portland, Oregon, 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, CBS, NBC And FOX Networks
EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH, DISHP) is pleased to announce that beginning today DISH Networkô will offer local KATU-ABC (Ch. 2), KOIN-CBS (Ch. 6), KGW-NBC (Ch. 8) and KPDX-FOX (Ch. 49) by satellite television to 26 counties surrounding the greater metro area of Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington. With the addition of Portland, DISH Network now offers local channels via satellite TV in 26 cities and their metro areas nationwide. With final passage of satellite TV legislation by Congress last 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 local channels in the following Portland metro area counties: Baker, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Crook, Gilliam, Harney, Hood River, Jefferson, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Sherman, Tillamook, Union, Wasco, Washington, Wheeler and Yamhill; and in the following Washington counties: Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Skamania, Wahkiakum. With the addition of Portland, DISH Network currently offers local channels in 26 metro areas, or more than half of all US households, including: 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; Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, Florida; Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida and Sacramento-Modesto-Stockton, California and St. Louis, Missouri. 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 system 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. DISH Network offers popular sports, news, entertainment and premium movie channels such as HBO, SHOWTIME, STARZ ENCORE and CINEMAX. 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. DISH Network offers hundreds of channels, including 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. DISH Network is located on the Internet at www.dishnetwork.com.