Altitude Sports reaches deal with EchoStar

[SatelliteGuys Reporter]

Beginning in September EchoStar's satellite DISH Network will carry most Avalanche hockey Nuggets basketball and Mammoth lacrosse games. Most of those games had been carried on Fox Sports Network whose contract with Kroenke Sports expired earlier this year. The new network also will carry some Colorado Rapids soccer games. Our fans viewers and potential viewers deserve a network of their own which shows coverage of greater breadth and depth than they ve ever seen before and we re committed to providing that Altitude CEO Jim Martin said.

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