Steve Mehs
02-20-03, 04:15 AM
EchoStar continues to add to its local TV slate, introducing packages for its customers in the Monterey/Salinas, Calif. area and in Lexington, Ky.
In Monterey/Salinas, EchoStar will offer four local channels: NBC-KSBW, CBS-KION, FOX-KCBA and PBS-KCAH. The Monterey local channel package will be offered at a $1 per month discount - to the regular $5.99 charge - until a distant ABC station is added to the offering, the company said.
In Lexington, DISH will offer these channels: ABC-WTVQ, CBS-WKYT, NBC-WLEX, FOX-WDKY and PBS-WKLE. A second dish, available free of charge, may be required to receive the PBS station, EchoStar said.
The EchoStar effort marks the first time both Monterey and Lexington have received local channels via satellite.
With Monterey and Lexington, DISH has local TV packages for 59 markets.
In addition to that news, EchoStar said it signed agreements with Gray Television and Cordillera Communications for carriage of their local TV stations in Lexington as well as Colorado Springs, Tucson and Omaha.
EchoStar's DISH Network launched local TV packages for Colorado Springs and Tucson last year and Omaha earlier this year, minus the Gray and Cordillera stations in the respective markets.
DISH Network will provide carriage of NBC-WOWT for customers in Omaha and CBS-KKTV in Colorado Springs, stations owned by Gray Television. Through its agreement with Cordillera, DISH Network will provide NBC-KVOA in Tucson and NBC-KOAA in Colorado Springs.
From SkyReport (http://www.skyreport.com/skyreport/feb2003/022003.shtm#one) (Used with Permission)
In Monterey/Salinas, EchoStar will offer four local channels: NBC-KSBW, CBS-KION, FOX-KCBA and PBS-KCAH. The Monterey local channel package will be offered at a $1 per month discount - to the regular $5.99 charge - until a distant ABC station is added to the offering, the company said.
In Lexington, DISH will offer these channels: ABC-WTVQ, CBS-WKYT, NBC-WLEX, FOX-WDKY and PBS-WKLE. A second dish, available free of charge, may be required to receive the PBS station, EchoStar said.
The EchoStar effort marks the first time both Monterey and Lexington have received local channels via satellite.
With Monterey and Lexington, DISH has local TV packages for 59 markets.
In addition to that news, EchoStar said it signed agreements with Gray Television and Cordillera Communications for carriage of their local TV stations in Lexington as well as Colorado Springs, Tucson and Omaha.
EchoStar's DISH Network launched local TV packages for Colorado Springs and Tucson last year and Omaha earlier this year, minus the Gray and Cordillera stations in the respective markets.
DISH Network will provide carriage of NBC-WOWT for customers in Omaha and CBS-KKTV in Colorado Springs, stations owned by Gray Television. Through its agreement with Cordillera, DISH Network will provide NBC-KVOA in Tucson and NBC-KOAA in Colorado Springs.
From SkyReport (http://www.skyreport.com/skyreport/feb2003/022003.shtm#one) (Used with Permission)