5th
November
2007
If your one of the many unfortunate NBA fans that does not have Jack Nickelson’s good fortune of having courtside seats to the hottest NBA games being played then Dish Network has your solution. On October 30th, Dish Network announced that NBA TV is now included in their national lineup of HD programming. Currently Dish Network is the leading satellite company ranked number one in customer service and offers 75 high-quality, high-definition channels. NBA TV is not just another sports channel, it is Dish Networks ultimate source for all things basketball, whether it be the latest in basketball news, minute by minute play of live NBA basketball games, and live interviews with basketball stars and legends of the game, as well as bringing you the most memorable highlights in basketball history.
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18th
October
2007
Are you suffering from CD or Cable Dysfunction?
When your cable just doesn’t do it for you anymore, there is always Dish Network. Dish-Agra by Dish Network cures analog channels, lack of HD programming and high-cable bills. Watch this video commercial and see why Dish Systems provides the best prices, latest offers and best installation of any other Dish Network satellite retailer.
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17th
October
2007
Good News for all you hockey fans, the NHL has announced that they have renewed their deal with Dish Network who will continue to provide viewers with superior high-quality hi-definition television. In 2002 Dish Network began offering the NHL Center Ice package, a hockey fans wildest dream, and continues still today giving Dish Network subscribers the chance to view up to 1,000 intense live games, many of which are featured in High-Definition. The NHL Center Ice Package on Dish Network allows the hockey enthusiast to watch up to 40 games a week, including select games from the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Thank you Dish Network for not leaving us hangin’ and allowing us to follow our favorite teams through to the end, can you imagine the call center phones if loyal hockey fans were to watch a whole season and then not be able to view the Stanley Cup Playoffs? For more information on the NHL Center Ice Package offered by Dish Network call 1-866-989-3474 or website their website at dish-network.com.
NHL© Center Ice© Lets Dish Network customers experience this season with coverage of up to 40 games per week from around the League, including select games from the first two rounds of the Stanley Cup playoffs and select games broadcast in HD. A Full Season Package of NHL© Center Ice© on Dish Network is $169.00, or 3 payments of $56.34 and will air on channels 543-558
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15th
October
2007
It seems that Dallas Cowboys fans who can’t get the NFL Network through Time Warner Cable are fed-up and are asking the Governor and Legislature of Texas to intervene. Since Time Warner Cable doesn’t have the NFL Network in their basic cable lineup, subscribers won’t be able to watch two coming Dallas Cowboys games. Time Warner who serves El Paso won’t negotiate with the NFL Network to include the channel in their basic package.
El Paso Dallas Cowboy fans do have an alternative to Time Warner, an alternative that has the NFL Network in it’s basic package and a basic package that is cheaper. The alternative is Dish Network, whose basic channel package is 100% digital audio and video, includes 100 channels for $29.99 and best of all includes the NFL Channel.
Dish Network also has the El Paso local channels available, so El Paso residents will stay up to speed of Time Warner trying to justify not having the NFL Network to city officials.
With Dish Network and the NFL Channel, El Paso, Texas football fans will be able to watch the Dallas-Green Bay game on Nov. 29 and the Dallas-Carolina game on Dec. 22. These games are not going to be available on Time Warner.
In June of 2006 Dish Network and the NFL Network announced a multi-year extension to bring many new advanced features to customers of DISH Network satellite TV service. The deal allowed Dish Network to carry the NFL Network which airs over 160 games that are televised nationally including the NFL Network’s regular season primetime game package on Thanksgiving. Dish Network also has provides the NFL Network’s high-definition channel.
Best of all Dish Network added the NFL Network to the America’s Top 100 programming package. With NFL Network’s exclusive access into key league events, football fans will have access to nearly 2,000 original hours of programming on NFL Network. In 2007, the NFL Network will air 168 football games, including 8 primetime regular season NFL games, 52 preseason games, 75 game re-airs, 31 NFL Europe League contests, the Insight Bowl and the Senior Bowl. The NFL Network airs seven days a week, 24 hours a day on a year-round basis and is the first television network fully dedicated to the NFL and the sport of football.
To Order Dish Network with the NFL Network and 100 other top channels for $29.99 a month, visit Dish Network / NFL Network For EL Paso
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15th
October
2007
On October 13 the fight for 2010 FIFA World Cup begins with the face-off between Uruguay and Bolivia, Argentina and Chile, Ecuador and Venezuela and Peru and Paraguay, followed by the intense action between Colombia and Brazil on October 14th.
Great news for soccer fans everywhere DISH Network is offering the South American World Cup Qualifiers on DISH Network Pay-Per-View for $29.99 for each individual game, $59.99 for the World Cup Qualifier Rounds 1, 2, 3, or 4 packages, and $159.99 for the South American World Cup Qualifier All-Inclusive Package.
As always DISH Network will keep you on the edge of your seat with superior high-quality HD viewing.If you would like to catch all o f the intense exciting soccer action on DISH Network Pay-Per-View please visit our website at http://www.dish-network.com/ or call our sales team at 1-866-989-3474.
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12th
October
2007
Okay so the Los Angeles Angels are out of it, and the Yankees are done, but good news for all of you Baseball fans whether you’re rooting for the remaining National League teams or the American League teams Dish Network has you covered. Along with the already provided 48 national channels in high-quality high definition, the most offered by any pay-TV provider in the country, Dish Network announced Monday that it has launched TBS HD on its Dish Network service, allowing National League fans to enjoy the championship series with Dish’s superior high definition quality. No worries American League fans, Dish Network hasn’t forgotten about you. As always, Dish Network and your local Fox affiliate will continue to cover the fight for the ALCS. So whether you are tuning in to watch the boys in red or the teams out west Dish Network has you covered.
You can get Dish Network’s DishHD package Free for 6 months when you sign-up as a new customer. Visit www.dish-network.com for more details.
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11th
September
2007
As many of you might have read, Dish Network launched the Big Ten Network On September 6, 2007 and added the new sports channel to the America’s Top 100 package. The Big Ten now has a home at Channel 439 on Dish Network and Dish is giving all customers a sneak preview until early 2008. Then the channel will become a part of the America’s Top 100 Plus Package.
So hooray for those fans that finally got the channel they have been screaming about since the announcement of a Big Ten Conference Channel.
But at what cost does the addition of this channel do for the other 13 million Dish customers that will cruise on by channel 439? One can only think that with the money spent for the Big Ten Network, Dish Network could have added one more national HD channel or another local HD Market.
Once again Dish Network played chicken with a content programming provider (The Big Ten Network has support from Fox Cable Networks) and we can assume that got a sweet deal since it came down to the 11th hour. However, if the channel is lumped into a basic inexpensive programming package like America’s Top 100, then one can assume that all 13 million of us that subscribe to Dish Network are footing the bill for a small percent of Big ten Conference Fans.
We love new content, but come-on EchoStar, stop with the “it’s about the principle” attitude when it comes to programming. Pay the price, make it an al la carte channel, or let the channel go.
For those of you who are fans of the 11 universities that make up The Big Ten, well, I guess we can say “your welcome”. Enjoy the channel and I will cheer on the additional HD sports channel the the Bog Ten Network will provide.
So Big Ten Fans, will you be as outraged and ready to foot the bill when Dish Network draws a battle line against other New College Conference’s Channels?
We hope so!
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4th
September
2007
Although the Big Ten Network and Dish Network continue to try to negotiate a fair deal for Dish Network subscribers, Dish Network has provided a great tool allowing Big Ten Fans to watch their favorite teams without having to subscribe to the Big Ten Network. This is great news that a large number of Big Ten football games will be available to qualifying subscribers on DISH Network channels this college football season.
DISH Network announced on September 1st their first Big Ten college football broadcast schedule that was available to fans subscribing to Dish Network. This schedule will be updated weekly allowing DISH Network subscribers to watch a large majority of all of the Big Ten conference football games which will be aired on channels such as CSTV, CBS, NBC, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU.
Although many customers say I will pay whatever to watch the Big Ten Network on Dish Network, the complexities of the broadcast negotiations are not that simple. Dish Network wants to insure their 13 million customers that they are paying the same rate as other cable companies and that subscribers who do not want the Big Ten Network are not footing the bill.
Dish Network says that they have been diligently negotiating for several months to acquire a carriage agreement that is similar to the agreements that Dish Network has with other regional sports networks.
So what Big Ten Football will you see on Dish Network? ABC/ESPN signed a ten year contract with the Big Ten guaranteeing over 40 Big Ten conference games each year and 6 Big Ten key games will be broadcast on ABC or ESPN this year. ABC/ESPN will get first pick of Big Ten games each week, which means the best games will be on an ABC or ESPN.
To get the weekly Big Ten games carried on Dish Network, visit: www.dishnetwork.com/big10
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26th
June
2007
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DISH Network and DOG Get in NASCAR Race Normally, dogs on a racetrack is a recipe for disaster. Not this time. EchoStar’s DISH Network is teaming up with A&E Television Networks to co-sponsor Roush Fenway Racing’s No. 16 car in the upcoming NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race on Aug. 5 at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania. The car, driven by Greg Biffle, will be promoting A&E’s hit series Dog the Bounty Hunter. As part of the partnership, A&E will also employ several additional promotional tools to highlight the show at the race, including banners, pitwall signs, PA announcements and promo spots on the track’s jumbo video screen.
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26th
June
2007
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As if offering the “most technologically-advanced coverage of NASCAR in motorsports television history” wasn’t enough, ESPN said Tuesday that it will be taking its efforts to another level with the debut of the ESPN DISH Tech Center mobile television studio. The sports behemoth is launching the new advancement this weekend with its coverage of the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup in Indianapolis.
With the help of EchoStar, the ESPN DISH Tech Center will travel to all of ESPN’s NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Race venues to be “utilized” by the network’s producers and announcers for content segments that will air during race telecasts. In addition to ESPN and ESPN on ABC coverage of the final 17 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series races, segments produced from the DISH Tech Center will air during NASCAR Busch Series races that are held on the same tracks.
The studio will contain the ESPN Chevy Cutaway Car that has been used this year in ESPN’s NASCAR coverage, as well as a cutaway of a Chevrolet Car of Tomorrow being raced in some cup events this season and next. ESPN said the DISH Tech Center will also have room for displays of other race car parts like engines, transmissions and shock absorbers.
ESPN’s Tim Brewer, a two-time NASCAR champion crew chief, and other analysts will report from the studio during race telecasts to “help viewers better understand the technical and mechanical aspects of NASCAR racing,” the network said.
The DISH Tech Center is being called “the highlight” of a multi-year, multimedia agreement for NASCAR between ESPN and EchoStar consisting of media in all NASCAR races on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes; exposure on ESPN Audio and in ESPN The Magazine; a SportsCenter weekly-sponsored NASCAR report; a custom promotion on ESPN.com; and six in-car cameras per season to be featured within the NASCAR Busch Series.
ESPN’s NASCAR NEXTEL Cup coverage begins with the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard July 29 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and will include all 10 races in the “Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup” televised by ESPN on ABC.
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