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Echostar Corporation "DISH Network Corporation (nasdaq|DISH) is the parent company of DISH Network. The company was formerly known as EchoStar Communications Corporation.
History
EchoStar was formed in 1980 by its chairman and
CEO Charlie Ergen as a distributor ofC band TV systems. In 1987, EchoStar applied for adirect broadcast satellite (DBS) license with theFederal Communications Commission and was granted access to orbital slot 119° westlongitude 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.In 1998, EchoStar purchased the broadcasting assets of a satellite broadcasting joint venture of News Corporation's ASkyB and MCI Worldcom. With this purchase EchoStar obtained 28 of the 32 transponder licenses in the 110° W orbital slot, more than doubling existing
CONUS broadcasting capacity at a value of $682.5 million. The acquisition inspired the company to introduce a multi-satellite system called DISH 500, theoretically capable of receiving more than 500 channels on one dish. In the same year, Echostar — in association withBell Canada — launchedDish Network Canada .In January 2005, EchoStar bought the broadcasting assets of the troubled HDTV DBS company
Voom , including its Rainbow 1 satellite co-located with EchoStar 3 at 61.5° W. On April 29, EchoStar announced that it would expand its HDTV programming by adding the first 10 of 21 original Voom channels and mirror the channels on a CONUS slot.On
January 1 ,2008 EchoStar split into two separate businesses: DISH Network Corporation andEchostar Corporation . [cite web
url=http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?rpc=66&symbol=SATS.O
title=EchoStar Corp (SATS.O) Company Profile
publisher=Reuters
accessdate=2008-06-18] DISH Network Corporation, the larger of the two resulting companies, focuses on US-based marketing of satellite television, while EchoStar Corporation runs a majority of the satellite fleet and other signal infrastructure.Controversies
There recently have been accusations that Dish Network has
homophobic business practices, as they refuse to add anyLGBT programing to their line up, such as theLogo channel andHere! (which are carried byDirecTV and most major cable companies). Dish also apparently backed out of a contract with GTN (Gay Television Network) to carry the channel. [ http://www.glinn.com/news/05000101.htm GLINN.com news article] [http://www.motherjones.com/news/mustreads/2001/01/013001.html] [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2001_March_13/ai_71763681]atellite fleet
Orbital Locations Vary
Most of the satellites used by DISH Network are owned and operated byEchostar Corporation . Since EchoStar frequently moves satellites among its many orbiting slots this list may not be immediately accurate.
Refer to [http://www.lyngsat.com/ Lyngsat.com] and [http://www.dishchannelchart.com Dish Channel Chart] for detailed satellite information.References
ee also
*DISH Network
*Direct Broadcast SatelliteExternal links
* [http://www.EchoStar.com/ EchoStar homepage]
* [http://www.echostareurope.com/ EchoStar Europe]
* [http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/comments/2173.htm ASkyB/MCI Worldcom litigation]
* [http://www.skyreport.com/dth_his.cfm SkyREPORT.com history of DTH broadcasting]
* [http://www.lyngsat.com/ Lyngsat.com Satellite Data]
* [http://www.satelliteguys.us/ SatelliteGuys.US - Satellite Discussion Forum]
* [http://www.sat-index.com/failures/ Sat-Index.com Satellite Failure Reports]
* [http://dishchannelchart.com/ Frequently updated unaffiliated definitive Dish Network channel and satellite chart]
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