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DISH Network Corporation is a leader in satellite TV, providing approximately 13.610 million subscribers with the highest quality programming and technology at the best value. DISH Network gives its customers access to the most HD channels and international channels in the U.S., state-of-the-art interactive TV applications and award-winning HD and DVR technology. A Fortune 250 company, DISH Network employs more than 26,000 people across the country and has annual revenues of nearly $12 billion.

DISH Network is the offspring of EchoStar Satellite L.L.C., a satellite TV equipment distributor founded by CEO Charlie Ergen, his wife Candy and their friend Jim DeFranco in 1980. In 1987, EchoStar filed for a Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) license with the FCC and in 1992, was granted access to orbital slot 119° West Longitude. With the successful launch of the EchoStar I satellite in December 1995, EchoStar established the DISH Network brand name in early 1996 and began providing a wide array of programming to consumer homes. Since then, EchoStar and DISH Network launched a number of satellites to accommodate the companies' rapid growth, and count 14 owned and leased satellites in their shared fleet.

In January 2008, EchoStar and its DISH Network subsidiary split into two separate companies, DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) and EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS). EchoStar Corporation now serves as a key technology partner to DISH Network Corporation, providing the company with award-winning set-top boxes and other TV technology that helps DISH Network continue to offer the ultimate TV experience to its customers.

Throughout its 29-year history, DISH Network has demonstrated its entrepreneurial spirit by achieving significant industry firsts:

  • First company to offer a satellite receiver for less than $200
  • First to develop a UHF remote control
  • First to offer an Integrated Receiver Descrambler (IRD) for C-band satellite TV
  • First nationwide installation network dedicated solely to satellite TV systems
  • First to offer satellite receiver with built-in digital video recording
  • First satellite TV company to offer local channels to local markets in all 50 states
  • First in the pay-TV industry to transmit all standard and high definition programming in the MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding Standard
  • First to offer an MPEG4 multi-room high definition and digital video recorder satellite receiver
  • First to offer high definition programming in 1080p
  • First to launch a programming package in the U.S. designed specifically for Mexicans with DishMEXICO
  • Only pay-TV provider to offer converter boxes as a solution for those affected by the digital transition
  • First to offer digital-to-analog converter box with DVR functionality
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