DISH NETWORK TERMINATES RETAILERS

[Scott Greczkowski]

DISH NETWORK TERMINATES RETAILERS

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – March 5, 2009 – DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, DISH Network L.L.C., has terminated the following retailers, who the Company believes have engaged in illegal activity including fraud and misrepresentation when establishing customer accounts for DISH Network® service:

• <LI style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoNormal>Superior Satellite Services of Streetsboro, Ohio <LI style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoNormal>American Satellite Co., L.L.C. of Salt Lake City, Utah <LI style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoNormal>Alexis Proenza (dba Panamerican Digital Satellites) of San Juan, Puerto Rico <LI style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoNormal>Caguas Satellite Corp. of San Juan, Puerto Rico <LI style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoNormal>D&C Entertainment, L.L.C. of Jefferson, Wis. <LI style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoNormal>Big Boy Entertainment of Parlier, Calif. <LI style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoNormal>Rosario Gonzalez (dba System Sate, Inc.) of North Hills, Calif. <LI style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoNormal>TV Sur Satellite, Inc. of Gaithersburg, Md. <LI style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoNormal>Technic Satellite, Inc. of Tampa, Fla.
• Calvin Cockman (dba Tech Services) of Carthage, N.C.

DISH Network L.L.C. does not tolerate illegal activity and will take action against any retailer that it believes has engaged in any form of fraud or misrepresentation in its dealings with DISH Network L.L.C.

[thowe21]

Calvin Cockman???? Is that his porn name

[MikeD-C05]

Calvin Cockman???? Is that his porn name

If its not , it sure should be.

[Hall]

Does anyone know who Dish is replacing all of these dealers with ? They're gonna run out of independent dealers eventually....

[Scott Greczkowski]

No but I can only guess that the profits being shown lately are from not having to pay all these terminate retailers the commisions they were owed.

[Hemi 6.1]

Does anyone know who Dish is replacing all of these dealers with ? They're gonna run out of independent dealers eventually....

Themselves Why do they need retailers? I never bought one piece of equipment from a retailer. D* or E*

[nuts4scuba]

Calvin Cockman???? Is that his porn name

He should be dba for Big Boy Entertainment, not Tech Services

[Stargazer]

Eventually, retailers that did no wrongful activity will be on the chopping block as well. The writing is on the wall. They want to terminate the majority of their retailers so that they can cut costs and sell to the customer directly and they are starting with the retailers that they believe were doing wrongful activity towards them. Next will be those that do not do enough sales and/or more strick installation guidelines to make it to where many retailers will want to quit or will not be up to their stricter standards. This is only the beginning of the end. Once DirecTv sees what is going on and that it is working for Dish Network, then DirecTv will do the same. They think they need to do this to survive in the future as they see customer acquisitions slowing down.

[damjr]

No but I can only guess that the profits being shown lately are from not having to pay all these terminate retailers the commisions they were owed.

DING DING DING !!!! We have a winner !!!!
Hit it right on the head here Scott.

[tomcrown1]

Is this the end for Dish network will charlie only be selling equipment and keep Echostar?

Is Dish up for sale?? Will direct tv buy Dish??