Thursday,
November 14th, 2002
Pierre Hotel, New York City
DISH
Network
EchoStar
Communications Corporation is one of the leading direct broadcast satellite
(DBS) television providers and DBS equipment designers in the United States.
Headquartered in Littleton, Colo., EchoStar consists of over 11,000 employees
worldwide with Customer Service Centers in Littleton and Thornton, Colo.;
McKeesport, Pa.; El Paso, Texas; Christiansburg, Va.; Pine Brook, NJ.; and
Bluefield, West Va. EchoStar's state-of-the-art satellite uplink centers in
Cheyenne, Wyo., and Gilbert, Ariz., transmits signals to and from EchoStar's
six high-powered satellites.
EchoStar's
satellite fleet already provides capacity of more than 500 channels for its
more than 6 million DISH Network(tm) customers nationwide. DISH Network offers
HDTV, interactive services, international channels, satellite Internet service,
plus popular digital video and audio channels, such as Disney, ESPN, The Weather
Channel and local stations in 36 U.S. cities.
DISH
Network(tm) 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, as well as fully advanced satellite television receiver
hardware and installation. DISH Network was ranked number one in overall customer
satisfaction among cable/satellite TV subscribers by J.D. Power and Associates
in 1999 and 2000. DISH Network was also ranked number one in the American
Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) conducted by the University of Michigan
Business School in 2001.
