DISH NETWORK® OUTLINES UPCOMING HD LAUNCH SCHEDULE
Englewood, Colo., March 18, 2008 – DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH), the nation’s third-largest pay-TV provider, today confirmed that plans to enhance its HD programming line-up this spring remain on track, despite the launch anomaly experienced by the AMC-14 satellite on March 14.
Over the next two months, DISH Network will increase its local HD offering by more than 60 percent with the addition of HD broadcast networks in the following markets:
April
· Abilene, TX
· Austin, TX
· Baltimore, MD
· Columbia, SC
· Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI
· Ft. Myers, FL
· Greensboro, NC
· Milwaukee, WI
· Orlando, FL
· Providence, RI
· Tampa, FL
· West Palm Beach, FL
May
· Beaumont, TX
· Burlington, VT
· Grand Rapids, MI
· Green Bay, WI
· Greenville, SC
· Huntsville, AL
· Knoxville, TN
· Norfolk, VA
· Richmond, VA
“DISH Network customers can be reassured that the expansion of our HD programming over the next few months will proceed as planned,” said Charlie Ergen, Chairman, CEO and President of DISH Network. “We are fortunate to have two more satellites scheduled for launch later this year to continue our HD rollout and reach our year-end goal of 100 local HD markets and 100 national HD channels.”
Upcoming national HD announcements may include the addition of ABC Family HD, AMC HD, BET HD, The Biography Channel HD, Bravo HD, Cartoon Network HD, CMT HD, CNN HD, Disney Channel HD, ESPN News HD, HBO2 HD, IFC HD, MGM HD, MoreMAX HD, MTV HD, Nickelodeon HD, Sci-Fi HD, Smithsonian Channel HD, Starz Edge HD, Tennis Channel HD, Superstation WGN HD, The Weather Channel HD, Toon Disney HD, USA Network HD and VH-1 HD.
For more information about DISH Network, call 1-800-333-DISH (3474), visit
DISH Network -- Home, or visit your local DISH Network retailer.