Dish Network® Adds Vietnamese Programming

[Scott Greczkowski]

DISH NETWORK® ADDS VIETNAMESE PROGRAMMING
TO ITS INTERNATIONAL LINEUP AS FIRST TO CARRY
THUAN VIET CHANNEL

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – December 20, 2007 – EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) and its DISH Network® satellite TV service today announced that it is enhancing its already robust international programming lineup by premiering the Thuan Viet channel. Thuan Viet is available exclusively on DISH Network and is the satellite TV provider’s first Vietnamese channel.

Thuan Viet is a pure entertainment channel with offerings for the whole family, including hit dramas, comedies, cooking, fashion and travel shows, traditional and modern Vietnamese music, Vietnamese stage performances of Cai Long, Kich and more. Thuan Viet is considered the first true Vietnamese television channel created for America with 100 percent of the programming originating in Vietnam.

“As the leader in international programming, DISH Network is proud to launch its first Vietnamese channel,” said Tracy Thompson, vice president of International Programming for DISH Network. “With its wide range of quality Vietnamese programs, we are certain Thuan Viet will be a hit with the Vietnamese community living throughout the United States.”

“The Vietnamese American community is extremely large and relatively untapped. We saw a huge demand among this market for true programming from Vietnam instead of programming that is dubbed into Vietnamese,” adds Dennis Young, founder and CEO of Glocal Media Networks. “We are proud to partner with DISH Network to be the first to bring authentic Vietnamese television programming to the U.S. The channel will be a pure entertainment channel with no news. We are confident that Thuan Viet will become the No. 1 channel for Vietnamese Americans.”

Thuan Viet is available to DISH Network subscribers for $9.99 a month on channel 918. New customers who subscribe to the Thuan Viet channel along with either DishFAMILY, America’s Top 100, or a qualifying international package will receive free equipment and free standard professional installation for up to four rooms.

For more information or to subscribe to DISH Network, visit DISH Network -- Home, call 1-800-333-DISH (3474) or contact a local retailer.

 

[darrencp22]

DISH NETWORK® ADDS VIETNAMESE PROGRAMMING
TO ITS INTERNATIONAL LINEUP AS FIRST TO CARRY
THUAN VIET CHANNEL

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – December 20, 2007 – EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) and its DISH Network® satellite TV service today announced that it is enhancing its already robust international programming lineup by premiering the Thuan Viet channel. Thuan Viet is available exclusively on DISH Network and is the satellite TV provider’s first Vietnamese channel.

Thuan Viet is a pure entertainment channel with offerings for the whole family, including hit dramas, comedies, cooking, fashion and travel shows, traditional and modern Vietnamese music, Vietnamese stage performances of Cai Long, Kich and more. Thuan Viet is considered the first true Vietnamese television channel created for America with 100 percent of the programming originating in Vietnam.

“As the leader in international programming, DISH Network is proud to launch its first Vietnamese channel,” said Tracy Thompson, vice president of International Programming for DISH Network. “With its wide range of quality Vietnamese programs, we are certain Thuan Viet will be a hit with the Vietnamese community living throughout the United States.”

“The Vietnamese American community is extremely large and relatively untapped. We saw a huge demand among this market for true programming from Vietnam instead of programming that is dubbed into Vietnamese,” adds Dennis Young, founder and CEO of Glocal Media Networks. “We are proud to partner with DISH Network to be the first to bring authentic Vietnamese television programming to the U.S. The channel will be a pure entertainment channel with no news. We are confident that Thuan Viet will become the No. 1 channel for Vietnamese Americans.”

Thuan Viet is available to DISH Network subscribers for $9.99 a month on channel 918. New customers who subscribe to the Thuan Viet channel along with either DishFAMILY, America’s Top 100, or a qualifying international package will receive free equipment and free standard professional installation for up to four rooms.

For more information or to subscribe to DISH Network, visit DISH Network -- Home, call 1-800-333-DISH (3474) or contact a local retailer.

Awsome the .0001% of the subscriber base that gives a crap i'm sure is pleased with this.

 

[TNGTony]

FYI, according to the 2000 US census the Vietamese population in the US was 1,122,528 and growing. That figure was disputed by some groups as being anywhere from 25-50% below the actual number. That is one hell of an untapped market!

See ya
Tony

 

[RandallA]

The Bay Area Vietnamese population will be very pleased to see this.

 

[DanLee]

At least Dish is giving some subs gifts this holiday season, even if it is 1% of their customer base.

 

[primetimeguy]

$10/month for one channel, ouch.

 

[aeris]

The Bay Area Vietnamese population will be very pleased to see this.

Too Bad, though, lots of Vietnamese people either went with Rotten Rupert, or Comcrap.

This is an awful decision, for Dish Network, because Rotten Rupert, and/or Cable Systems [i.e. Comcrap], already got the best Vietnamese channels.

This was the same with the Filipino Channels, Rotten Rupert, and/or Cable Systems "stole" the best programming.

Dish Network should concentrate, on what they aleady have, for example, the Arabic programming.

Rotten Rupert doesn't have the best in Arabic programming, so Dish Network should try to get Al-Jazeera in English.

 

[riffjim4069]

My mother-in-law is Vietnamese and there is a huge Vietnamese population here in the DC area: best friend's wife was born in Vietnam..as were several past and present co-workers. As far as there being a large untapped market? I am not sure since a great many of the individuals I know already receive foreign programming using a combination of FTA and, unfortunately, hacked receivers.