Chris Blount
06-10-04, 05:38 AM
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 2004--EchoStar Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) announced today that its DISH Network(TM) will offer local TV channels by satellite television to Albany, Ga. The following local TV channels will be available: NBC Ch. 10 (WALB), FOX Ch. 31 (WFXL) and PBS Ch. 14 (WABW). Eligible customers will also be able to receive, where available, Atlanta's ABC Ch. 2 (WSB) and CBS Ch. 46 (WGCL) local channels.
This is the first time local TV channels are available by satellite in Albany, providing an alternative to local cable TV service. DISH Network now offers local channels as part of its new Digital Home Advantage. Starting at $29.99 per a month, this promotion offers customers free installation for up to four TVs, with no commitment and no hardware to buy and includes more than 60 popular TV channels such as ESPN, Discovery and Nickelodeon, plus local Albany TV channels.
DISH Network has frozen the lowest all digital TV price through January 2005. Customers can call DISH Network or a local satellite TV retailer to learn how to get a free multi-satellite dish antenna required to receive Albany-area local channels. DISH Network also provides digital video recording technologies, high definition TV and international channels to the Albany area.
"The addition of local channels on DISH Network gives customers in the Albany area a final reason to choose DISH Network over cable," said Eric Sahl, vice president of programming. "Customers in Albany now have more programming and product choices at a better price, with the ability to watch the news, weather and sports that matter most to them."
DISH Network offers local channels via satellite to 19 counties in the Albany area: Atkinson, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Calhoun, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Cook, Crisp, Dougherty, Irwin, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Terrell, Tift, Turner and Worth counties.
With the addition of Albany, DISH Network offers local channels in 131 cities and their metro areas, in 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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This is the first time local TV channels are available by satellite in Albany, providing an alternative to local cable TV service. DISH Network now offers local channels as part of its new Digital Home Advantage. Starting at $29.99 per a month, this promotion offers customers free installation for up to four TVs, with no commitment and no hardware to buy and includes more than 60 popular TV channels such as ESPN, Discovery and Nickelodeon, plus local Albany TV channels.
DISH Network has frozen the lowest all digital TV price through January 2005. Customers can call DISH Network or a local satellite TV retailer to learn how to get a free multi-satellite dish antenna required to receive Albany-area local channels. DISH Network also provides digital video recording technologies, high definition TV and international channels to the Albany area.
"The addition of local channels on DISH Network gives customers in the Albany area a final reason to choose DISH Network over cable," said Eric Sahl, vice president of programming. "Customers in Albany now have more programming and product choices at a better price, with the ability to watch the news, weather and sports that matter most to them."
DISH Network offers local channels via satellite to 19 counties in the Albany area: Atkinson, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Calhoun, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Cook, Crisp, Dougherty, Irwin, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Terrell, Tift, Turner and Worth counties.
With the addition of Albany, DISH Network offers local channels in 131 cities and their metro areas, in 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Source (http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=dish&script=410&layout=-6&item_id=580473)