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Dish Network Information
Dish Network is a DBS (direct broadcast
satellite) service which broadcasts digital satellite television and
audio to homes in the United States. Dish Network is owned by parent
company EchoStar Communications Corporation.
Dish Network was launched in March
1996. Their primary competitor in the United States is Directv®.
History
EchoStar was formed in 1980 by
its chairman and CEO Charlie Ergen as a distributor of C-band television
systems. In the year 1987, EchoStar applied for a DBS license with
the Federal Communications Commission and was granted access to geostationary
orbital slot 119° west longitude in 1992. On December 28, 1995, EchoStar
successfully launched its first satellite, EchoStar I. That same year,
EchoStar established the Dish Network brand name to market its home
satellite TV system.
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 of receiving 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 and more common as Dish Network tries to squeeze
more programming onto their growing systems. This is especially true
for local and national U.S. television network stations as well as
foreign programming. In 2003, Dish Network started to provide in-flight
satellite TV service to the United States 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.
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