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DISH Network, Inc.
Type Division of DISH Network Corporation
Founded 1996
Headquarters Meridian, Colorado, USA
Industry Telecommunication
Products Direct broadcast satellite
Employees (EchoStar 20,000)
Website dishnetwork.com

Not be confused with Indian Service Dish TV

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History

EchoStar was formed in 1980 by its Chairman and CEO Charles W. Ergen as a distributor of TV systems. A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator Charles W "Charlie" Ergen (born March 1, 1953) is the co-founder and CEO of EchoStar Communications Corporation, the former parent company of

On December 28, 1995 EchoStar successfully launched its first satellite, EchoStar I. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The launch of Echostar I was a gamble in that it was one of the first successful commercial launches from China after a series of spectacular failures. That same year, EchoStar established the DISH Network brand name to market its home satellite TV system. In popular usage "marketing" is the promotion of products especially Advertising and Branding However in professional usage the term has a wider meaning of The company used "DISH" as an acronym for Digital Sky Highway.

In 2003, DISH Network began providing in-flight satellite TV service to the U. S. airline Song. Song LLC was a low-cost airline brand owned and operated by Delta Air Lines. In 2004, selected music channels from Sirius Satellite Radio were added to DISH Network's lineup of audio-only channels that already include Muzak audio services for both households and businesses.

DISH Network was also partnered with Starband to deliver broadband satellite Internet service along with its television service. StarBand is a two-way satellite broadband Internet service available in the U Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just Broadband, is high-speed Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access over a Modem The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks The partnership ended in 2003. Currently, DISH Network has partnership agreements with a number of local telephone providers to cross-market DSL and DISH Network services. In June 2006, Dish Network signed an agreement to partner with WildBlue to deliver broadband via satellite. WildBlue Communications Inc is a corporation based in Greenwood Village Colorado. The service is available only in selected rural areas due to limited capacity, and requires a separate two way dish antenna.

On January 4, 2006 EchoStar announced that DISH Network surpassed 12 million paid subscribers. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. In the last five years, DISH Network added more than 6. 74 million net new customers, more than all other satellite TV and cable companies during the same period. As of February 2007, DISH Network reported reaching the 13 million customer mark, and is hoping to reach 14 million by the end of 2008.

Each month, DISH Network broadcasts a show titled Charlie Chat, which features news about upcoming hardware, programming events, and new channels. Company CEO Charlie Ergen and Jim De Franco host the show and take questions from e-mail and live callers. Charles W "Charlie" Ergen (born March 1, 1953) is the co-founder and CEO of EchoStar Communications Corporation, the former parent company of On March 13, 2006 a special 90-minute edition of "Charlie Chats" aired at 9 p. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. m. (Eastern time) to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the launch of the DISH Network to its customers.

Recently, DISH Network has started to provide Internet access to compete with cable companies.

Since its launch in 1996, 30 million viewers in 12 million households have subscribed at some point in time to DISH Network programming.

Number of subscribers by year

Year Subscribers
1995 20,000
1996 100,000
1997 250,000
1998 500,000
1999 1,000,000
2000 2,000,000
2001 4,000,000
2002 5,000,000
2003 9,000,000
2004 10,000,000
2005 11,000,000
2006 13,000,000
2007 13,780,000
2008

Technical information

Satellites & locations

In 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. A geostationary orbit (GEO is a Geosynchronous orbit directly above the Earth 's Equator (0° Latitude) with a period equal to the Earth's Longitude (ˈlɒndʒɪˌtjuːd or ˈlɒŋgɪˌtjuːd symbolized by the Greek character Lambda (λ is the east-west Geographic coordinate measurement [1]

In 1996, EchoStar and Dominion Video Satellite, Inc. , proprietor of the Sky Angel DBS service, formed a technical agreement where Dominion has co-located its FCC-licensed DBS frequencies and channels on the same DBS satellite, EchoStar III (61. Sky Angel US LLC describes itself as a " Christian -owned and operated multi-channel television service specializing in Christian and family-friendly TV and radio programming 5° West longitude), carrying DBS frequencies and channels licensed by the FCC to EchoStar. Longitude (ˈlɒndʒɪˌtjuːd or ˈlɒŋgɪˌtjuːd symbolized by the Greek character Lambda (λ is the east-west Geographic coordinate measurement The two DBS companies operate independently of one another, and subscribers to each service are not required to subscribe to both services, however, this technical agreement enables individuals, at their option, to subscribe to both services using the same satellite receiving system.

In 1999, EchoStar obtained the broadcasting assets of a failed joint venture between ASkyB and MCI WorldCom, including 28 transponders at the 110°W orbital location. MCI Inc is an American Telecommunications company that is headquartered in Ashburn Virginia.

On May 1, 2005, EchoStar added the first ten of the 21 original Voom channels. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Voom HD Networks are a group of 15 original High-definition television channels that are owned by Rainbow Media, a subsidiary of Cablevision. These channels were made available at a 61. 5°W orbital slot position. (The Voom channels ultimately were available from either 61. 5°W or 129°W locations. ) EchoStar planned to carry all 21 original Voom channels by 2006. As of May 15, 2008, all Voom channels were removed from DISH Network due to a contractual dispute between the two service providers.

On February 15, 2006, Echostar X, the tenth satellite in Echostar's fleet, was successfully launched. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. By mid-May it successfully began broadcasting from the 110°W orbital location to satisfy a legal mandate (passed by Congress in December 2004) for single-dish local-into-local service.

On March 14, 2008, the AMC-14 satellite owned by SES Americom and under contract to EchoStar Corp failed to reach its intended orbit after being launched from Kazakhstan. AMC-14 is a Communications satellite owned by SES Americom which was to have been placed in Geostationary orbit, following launch by a Proton SES Americom is a major commercial satellite operator based in the United States. The Ku-band satellite was to be used by DISH Network to increase the number of their HD channels from the current slate of 50 to between 70 and 100. The Ku band ( pronounced "kay-yoo") is a portion of the Electromagnetic spectrum in the Microwave range of frequencies SES and Lockheed Martin are exploring ways to attempt to bring the functioning satellite into its correct orbital position. Lockheed Martin ( is a large multinational Aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology Company formed in 1995 by the merger of In the event that their effort is successful, the extra use of fuel needed to correct the orbital error is anticipated to significantly reduce AMC-14's originally expected service life of 15 years. [2] [3] [4]


DISH Network Satellite Locations List

Please refer to the article "DISH Network Corporation" for detailed satellite location information. Information on EchoStar Corp manufacture of Cable Satellite receivers and former parent visit Echostar Corporation DISH Network Corporation ( is the parent

Note: Which satellite carries one's own local channels varies.

Satellite dishes

DISH Network offers different types of satellite receiving equipment for obtaining signals from its diverse satellite fleet. Most of their consumer boxes are manufactured by Sanmina-SCI Corporation to EchoStar specifications. Sanmina-SCI Corporation ( is a global Electronics manufacturing services (EMS provider headquartered in San Jose California that serves Original equipment Prior to the December, 2001 merger of SCI Systems and Sanmina, DISH Network receivers were produced at factories in Huntsville, Alabama and Fountain, Colorado. Huntsville is a city in Madison and Limestone Counties in the U Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. The City of Fountain is a Home Rule Municipality located in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Currently, receiver assembly takes place in Guadalajara, Mexico. Guadalajara (ˌgwɑːdləˈhɑːrə Spanish pronunciation) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America.

DISH 300 in its original box.
DISH 300 in its original box.

DISH 300

DISH Network's first satellite antenna was simply called the "DISH Network" dish. A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to comsat) is an artificial Satellite stationed in space for the purposes of Telecommunications. It was retroactively named the "DISH 300" when legal and satellite problems forced delays of the forthcoming DISH 500 systems. It uses one LNB to obtain signals from the 119°W orbital location[5], and is commonly used as a second dish to receive additional high-definition or ethnic programming from either the 148°W or 61. A low-noise block converter ( LNB, for low-noise block, or sometimes LNC, for low-noise converter) is the (receiving or Downlink 5°W orbital locations. [6][7] The 119°W slot is one of two primary orbital locations, the other being 110°W, that provide core services. [8][9]

DISH 500

Two DISH Network 500 dishes mounted on a rooftop.
Two DISH Network 500 dishes mounted on a rooftop.

After EchoStar obtained the broadcasting assets of a failed joint venture between ASkyB and MCI Worldcom, it had more than doubled its capacity by adding 28 transponders at the 110°W orbital location. Since EchoStar also owned the adjacent 119°W orbital location it developed the DISH 500 to receive the signals of both orbital locations using one dish and an innovative dual-LNB assembly. A low-noise block converter ( LNB, for low-noise block, or sometimes LNC, for low-noise converter) is the (receiving or Downlink Although the new 20-inch DISH 500 was slightly larger than the then-current 18-inch DISH 300 and DirecTV dishes it had the distinct advantage of obtaining signals from EchoStar's two adjacent satellite locations for a theoretical 500-channel capacity. The DISH 500, as a result, provided very large capacity for local-into-local service, nationwide programming, and business services. In order to migrate existing customers to DISH 500, DISH Network provides value-added channels in addition to local channels that can only be received with the DISH 500 and newer systems. Some of these channels exclusive to these newer systems are History Channel International, Boomerang, The Science Channel, and Discovery Home. History International is a Digital cable, and Satellite television channel that features historical Documentaries with an international focus Boomerang is a 24-hour American Cable television channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System (a division of Time Warner) Science Channel is a cable and satellite television network produced by Discovery Communications. With the launch of EchoStar X in 2006 at 110°W thousands of local channels will only be available with a DISH 500 system.

DISH 1000

In spite of all this capacity, EchoStar still needed to fulfill the dream of nationwide high-definition television and conceived the DISH 1000 system to receive signals from 110°W, 119°W and 129°W orbital locations. Originally, DISH Network high-definition subscribers required two separate satellite dishes. Today, approximately 70% of DISH Network subscribers can receive nationwide HDTV channels using the 129°W orbital location, but since the 129°W does not effectively cover the entire United States this solution is not available for large populations of customers in the Northeastern, mid-Atlantic, and deep Southern regions of the United States. Because of issues with low signal strength it has been replaced with the DISH 1000. 2(not shown). The 1K. 2 has a 10% larger reflector for better signal strength and an integrated LNB for easier installation. The DISH 1000. 2 is 23" in Diameter.

SuperDISH, DISH 500+, and DISH 1000+

SuperDISH 121 mounted on a roof.
SuperDISH 121 mounted on a roof.

During DISH Network's quest for capacity, they had accumulated an array of satellite broadcasting technologies, orbital locations, and surplus capacity using non-mainstream technologies requiring larger dish sizes. To capitalize on these broadcasting assets, DISH Network started providing extensive ethnic programming that receive programming from lower-powered satellites broadcasting in the non-DBS portion of the FSS band. DISH Network offers specialized equipment for these customers including larger dish antennas.

The SuperDISH, DISH 500+, and DISH 1000+ systems receive DBS signals from both of the primary 110°W and 119°W locations (129°W for DISH 1000+) as well as lower-powered FSS signals from either 121°W, 105°W, or 118. The SuperDISH was deployed by DISH Network in November 2003 as a means to provide more channels for subscribing customers 75°W. To underscore how exotic these systems can be the DISH 500+ and 1000+ systems receive circularly-polarized signals in the non-DBS portion of the FSS band — the only American satellite television service to do so.


Broadcast technology

While for years DISH Network has used standard MPEG-2 for broadcasting, the addition of bandwidth-intensive HDTV in a limited-bandwidth world has called for a change to an H.264/MPEG4 AVC system. MPEG-2 is a standard for "the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information" H264 is a standard for Video compression. It is also known as MPEG-4 Part 10, or MPEG-4 AVC (for Advanced Video Coding) DISH Network announced as of 1 February 2006, that all new HDTV channels would be available in H. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 264 format only, while maintaining the current lineup as MPEG-2. DISH Network intends to eventually convert the entire platform to H. 264 in order to provide more channels to subscribers.

Both a standard receiver and a receiver with built-in DVR (Digital Video Recorder) are available to subscribers. The DISH Network ViP622 HD DVR has received good reviews[10] from CNET and others. CNET Networks Inc is a media company based in San Francisco California, United States, and is part of CBS Interactive, owned Both a standard receiver and a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) are available to subscribers for an upgrade fee. Currently DISH Network charges $5. 98 per DVR as DVR service fee, which covers cost of licensing EPG(Extended Program Guide) from TV Guide. TV Guide is the name of a North American weekly magazine about television programming


Management

References

  1. ^ List of satellites in geostationary orbit
  2. ^ DISH Network Suffers Failed Satellite Launch
  3. ^ Satellite Snafu Will Delay DISH Network’s HD Expansion
  4. ^ DISH Network Satellite Launch Could Be Total Loss
  5. ^ DISH 300 and 500 Pointing Guide
  6. ^ http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/dish61_sid.html Channels at 61. 5°W
  7. ^ http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/dish148_sid.html Channels at 148°W
  8. ^ http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/dish110_sid.html Channels at 110°W
  9. ^ http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/dish119_sid.html Channels at 119°W
  10. ^ DISH Network ViP622 HD DVR Digital Video Recorder (DVR) reviews - CNET Reviews

See also

Channel Types The following is a list of cable and satellite networks broadcasting in the United States, organized by genre Information on EchoStar Corp manufacture of Cable Satellite receivers and former parent visit Echostar Corporation DISH Network Corporation ( is the parent Sky Angel US LLC describes itself as a " Christian -owned and operated multi-channel television service specializing in Christian and family-friendly TV and radio programming DISH is a town in Denton County, Texas, United States. The town has a population of approximately 345 Nagravision is a company of the Kudelski Group that develops Conditional access systems for cable and Satellite television. A satellite dish is a type of Parabolic antenna that receives or transmits electromagnetic signals to and from another location typically a satellite The parabolic antenna is a high-gain reflector antenna used for radio television and data communications and also for radiolocation ( RADAR) on the UHF and DiSEqC (Digital Satellite Equipment Control pronounced "Die-Sec" is a special communication protocol for use between a Satellite receiver and Commercialization of space is the use of Outer space for the purpose of generating a Profit, either by a Corporation or State. A Free-to-air or FTA Receiver is a Satellite TV receiver designed solely to receive unencrypted broadcasts
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