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Dish Network is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service that broadcasts digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, owned by EchoStar Communications Corporation. Dish Network was launched in March 1996, and is DirecTV's primary competitor in the United States.Dish Network originally used an 18-inch satellite dish called Dish 300 which allowed subscribers to receive a signal from one satellite location. Today, Dish Network uses 20-inch satellite dishes called Dish 500, which allows subscribers to receive satellite signals from two satellite locations simultaneously. Slightly larger, dishes such as the 36"×20" SuperDish and the Dish 1000 are being introduced with capability to receive satellite signals from three satellite locations simultaneously. The SuperDish receives feeds from satellites at 119°W, 110°W, and either 121°W or 105°W, and the Dish 1000 receives from satellites at 119°W, 110°W, and 129°W. Both Dish 1000 and SuperDish are becoming more common as Dish Network (as well as other DBS services) are attempting to squeeze more programming onto their growing systems, particularly local and national American television network stations, and foreign programming.In 2003, Dish Network began providing in-flight satellite TV service to the U.S. airline Song (airline) Song. In 2004, all selected music channels from the Sirius Satellite Radio audio pack were added to Dish Network's lineup of audio-only channels. Dish Network is also partnered with Starband to deliver Broadband internetbroadband satellite Internet service along with its television service. Every month, Dish Network has a show called ''Charlie Chat'' which features news about upcoming hardware, programming events, and new channels. Company CEO Charlie Ergen and Jim De Franco host the show and take questions from e-mail and live callers.On May 1, 2005, EchoStar added the first 10 of the 21 original Voom channels. These channels are available at a 61.5°W orbital slot position. EchoStar plans to carry all 21 original Voom channels by next year. corporate-ir.net - (more information here)In October 2005, Dish Network cut service of one of its channels to its subscribers. The situation involves OLN and its owner Comcast. The Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based cable provider refused to provide OLN's National Hockey League coverage to Dish as it was not available on a sufficiently high-penetration tier. Dish then dropped OLN, claiming that customers would eventually have to pay more for a service few had shown interest in. The situation is still ongoing.
Number of subscribers by year - !Subscribers< /th> &l t;td>199520,000100,000 1997250,0001998500,000| 19991,000,000 | < td>20002,000,000 < td>20004,000,000 < td>20005,000,000 < td>20029,000,000 < td>200410,000,000
Management - Charlie ErgenCharles W. Ergen Founder, Chairman, and CEOSteven Schaver President of EchoStar InternationalMark Jackson President of EchoStar Technologies CorporationJames DeFranco Executive Vice PresidentDavid Moskowitz Executive Vice President and General CounselMichael Schwimmer Executive Vice President of Marketing and ProgrammingMichael Kelly Executive Vice President, Dish Network Service, L.L.C. & Dish Network Customer ServiceNolan Daines Executive Vice President of Information Technology and BroadbandDavid J. Rayner Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
List of channels on Dish Network - A&E Network ABC Family ActionMax America's Collectibles Network American Movie Classics Animal Planet BBC America BET The Biography Channel Black Starz! Bloomberg TV Boomerang (TV channel)Boomerang Bravo Network BYUTV Cartoon Network CCTV-9 Cinemax CNBC CNBC World CNN CoLours TV Comcast Sports Network Comedy Central Country Music TV CourtTV CSTV College Sports Television C-SPAN C-SPAN 2 The Discovery Channel Discovery Civilization Discovery Health Discovery Home & Leisure Discovery Kids Discovery Times Discovery Millitary Channel Dish-CD (digital audio only) Dish Music (digital audio only) The Disney Channel The Disney Channel (West) Do-It-Yourself Network E! Educating Everyone Encore Encore (East) Encore Action Encore Love Stories Encore Mystery Encore True Stories Encore WAM! Encore Westerns ESPN ESPN Alternate ESPN Classic ESPN2 ESPN2 Alternate ESPNU Eternal Word Television Network Flix Food Network Fox Movie Channel Fox News Channel Fox Soccer Channel Fox Sports Net Free Speech TV Fuse (television)Fuse FX NetworksFX Galavision German TV GSN G4TV Gol TV The Golf Channel Great American Country The Hallmark Channel HBO HBO (West) HBO 2 HBO 2 (West) HBO Comedy HBO Family HBO Signature Headline News The History Channel History International HITN Home & Garden TV Home Shopping Network HRTV (Horse Racing TV) IMF International Music Feed Independent Film Channel iShop The Learning Channel Lifetime (TV network)Lifetime Lifetime Movie Network MoreMax MoreMax (West) The Movie Channel The Movie Channel (West) MSNBC MTV MTV2 Muzak (audio only) NASA NBATV National Geographic Channel NFL NETWORK Northern Arizona Univ. TV LandNick at Nite's TV Land Nickelodeon (TV channel)Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite Nickelodeon (TV channel)Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite (West) Nick GASNickelodeon GAS NickToons Network Noggin/The N The Outdoor Channel OLN ''(temporarily unavailable)'' PBS You QVC Reality TV Ready Set Learn RFDTV The Science Channel Sci-Fi Channel Shop at Home ShopNBC Showtime Showtime (West) Showtime Beyond Showtime Extreme Showtime Showcase Showtime Too SiTV Sirius Satellite Radio (audio only) Soapnet The Speed Channel Spike TV The Sundance Channel Starz! Starz! (West) Starz! Cinema Starz! Cinema (West) Starz! Family Starz! Theater Style Sunshine Network WGN-TVSuperstation WGN TBS (TV network)TBS Telefutra TMCxtra (West) Turner Network TelevisionTNT Toon Disney The Travel Channel Turner Classic Movies Turner South TV Game Network TV Guide Channel University of California University of Washington Univisión Univisión (West) USA Network VH1 VH1 Classic The Weather Channel Wisdom TV Women's Entertainment WorldLink TV
Local channels - Dish Network also offers local channels (CBS, American Broadcasting CompanyABC, NBC, Fox Broadcasting CompanyFox, Public Broadcasting ServicePBS, WB Television NetworkWB, UPN, and some independent stations) for many markets. To view independent stations, a second dish (installed at no additional cost to the customer) may be required. If a market lacks an affiliate for a network, Dish Network offers feeds from other cities (known as distant locals). Feeds from New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, and Denver are available for CBS, ABC, NBC, and Fox. Dish Network also offers UPN affiliates WWOR-TV (New York) and WSBK-TV (Boston), and WB affiliates WPIX-TV (New York), KWGN-TV (Denver), and KTLA-TV (Los Angeles). A national PBS member is also available. While the distant locals of the major networks are limited to viewers who cannot receive local affiliates by antenna, the UPN and WB affiliates and PBS member are available to most subscribers, whether or not they have local equivalents (in fact, there is a package discount for viewers who choose to receive their local affiliates and the superstations).
Satellite fleet - | Satellite | Orbital slot | Launch date | Satellite manufacturer/type | | EchoStar I | !119° W28 December 1995 | Lockheed Martin Astro Space Series 7000 | | EchoStar II | !148° W10 September 1996 | Lockheed Martin Astro Space Series 7000 | | EchoStar III | !61.5° W | ? 5 October 1997 | Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space A2100AX | | EchoStar IV | !119° W8 May 1998 | Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space A2100AX | | EchoStar V | 110° W (119° W?) | 23 September 1999 | Space Systems/Loral FS-1300 | | EchoStar VI | 110° W (119° W?) | 14 July 2000 | Space Systems/Loral FS-1300 | | EchoStar VII | !109° W(?)? | 21 February 2002 | Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space A2100AX | | EchoStar VIII | !110° W21 August 2002 | Space Systems/Loral FS-1300 | | EchoStar IX/Telstar 13 | !121° W7 August 2003 | Space Systems/Loral | ! ''Thi s? table incomplete/inaccurate, pending correction of information from Dish Network as of October 2005.''
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