DishNetwork has agreed to carry Sportstime Ohio!!!!

[Stephen J]

Check out this press release at wkyc dot com

[KyL416]

Here's the direct link:

http://www.wkyc.com/sports/sports_article.aspx?storyid=50230

[chaddux]

Link to press release at the Indians website (http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20060331&content_id=1379451&vkey=pr_cle&fext=.jsp&c_id=cle)

[FrankIncensed]

Whew this is great news! Ive been trying to find out if dish would carry it for a week. Thought I was going to have to go back to time warner to get the games. Way to go Charlie!

[TimL]

Whew this is great news! Ive been trying to find out if dish would carry it for a week. Thought I was going to have to go back to time warner to get the games. Way to go Charlie!

This Is excellent! Kudos to Charlie and Jim Liberatore of STO for getting it done, expecially since Charlie usually has taken a harder line on new regional sports networks..

[Fifty Caliber]

Now can we have MTV Desi, and MTV Deutsch?

[angiecopus]

This Is excellent! Kudos to Charlie and Jim Liberatore of STO for getting it done, expecially since Charlie usually has taken a harder line on new regional sports networks..


i would like to know will STO be shown only up north or will everyone in ohio get it,
i used to live where you could get indians games. i live in reds terriotry but i am also a huge indians fan too. just wondering.

[jwt0001]

The good thing about this also is that Dish can now carry Indians broadcasts from the Extra Innings package.

[psumattDE]

I wonder when it will show up in the guide?

[juan ellitinez]

It Is April 1st

[ehren]

Dish still needs YES, MASN-Nationals and SNY, so they have much to be desired for MLB Extra Innings.

[JohnH]

Looks like E* plans to use STO in MLB Extra Innings. Not sure how long this Wednesday game has been in the listings.

2:05 PM EDT
Indians (Sports Time Ohio & EI D7XX E626) at White Sox (WGN-9,Superstation WGN) & MLB.TV

[JohnH]

SportsTime Ohio Launched on Dish Network; Tribe Fans Get Access to 130 In-Season Games During the 2006 Season (http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=68854&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=837641&highlight=)

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 2006--EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:DISH) and its DISH Network(TM) satellite TV service announced today it is launching SportsTime Ohio, the television network of the Cleveland Indians.

SportsTime Ohio is a Northern Ohio regional sports network offering a variety of sports programming produced for the Ohio sports fan, including extensive coverage of the Indians. DISH Network customers, who subscribe to America's Top 60+, DishHD Bronze or any higher package, now have access to 130 regular-season games in 2006 on channel 431.

"SportsTime Ohio is a powerful addition to our robust sports line-up and gives Indians fans complete coverage of their team," said Eric Sahl, senior vice president of Programming for DISH Network. "With SportsTime Ohio on DISH Network, customers now have access to the Indians without the need for extra, costly services."

"Because of their dedication to the negotiation process, DISH Network has guaranteed that their customers will not miss a pitch of the 2006 Cleveland Indians season," said Jim Liberatore, president of SportsTime Ohio. "We are thrilled to have DISH Network as a partner and are extremely appreciative of their dedication to their subscribers."

DISH Network now offers new customers an additional $100 off, plus three months free of Starz(TM) Moviepack, when they sign up for America's Top 120 programming package. America's Top 120 includes more than 165 all-digital channels for only $39.99 per month, plus local channels can be added for just $5. This offer comes complete with free standard professional installation, no hardware to buy and a free digital video recorder (DVR) equipment upgrade with an 18-month commitment.

SportsTime Ohio's first regular-season broadcast is scheduled for Tuesday, April 4, at 2:05 p.m. (EDT), when the Indians face the defending World Champions, the Chicago White Sox.

About EchoStar

EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:DISH) serves more than 12 million satellite TV customers through its DISH Network(TM), the fastest growing U.S. provider of advanced digital television services in the last five years. DISH Network offers hundreds of video and audio channels, interactive TV, HDTV, sports and international programming, together with professional installation and 24-hour customer service. Visit DISH Network at www.dishnetwork.com or call 1-800-333-DISH (3474).


CONTACT: EchoStar Communications Corporation
Mark Cicero, 720-514-5065
mark.cicero@echostar.com

SOURCE: EchoStar Communications Corporation

[JohnL]

Dish still needs YES, MASN-Nationals and SNY, so they have much to be desired for MLB Extra Innings.

Ehren,

Dish does have a deal with SNY, but Dish's local rights area for SNY is NOT the same size as many Cable outlets or DirecTV. DirecTV and Cable's local Rights area covers ALMOST all of NY, where Dish's local rights area only covers up to Syracuse.

John

[juan ellitinez]

Ehren,

Dish does have a deal with SNY, but Dish's local rights area for SNY is NOT the same size as many Cable outlets or DirecTV. DirecTV and Cable's local Rights area covers ALMOST all of NY, where Dish's local rights area only covers up to Syracuse.

JohnGOTTA A PRESS RELEASE?

[saweetnesstrev]

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[Michael P]

Woo Hoo for the Yahoos! Thanks to Charlie & Jim L. for getting the deal done before the start of the season.

[Stephen J]

Why isn't it showing in the guide yet?

[saweetnesstrev]

not in my guide either, i live by cleveland so i should get it right? :D

[TNGTony]

This channel will pop up on your guide just in time for the season opener

[jwt0001]

The station only shows the Indians game (with a pre-game show). The only other programming they will have for now is a weekly feature show. They don't expect to have more programming until later in the year, with an eventual plan to go 24 hours. The first official STO game is Tuesday, although they will show the season opener on Monday if the Sunday night game is called due to bad weather.