DISH Network Brings Locals To Lubbock, TX

[Scott Greczkowski]

DISH Network Satellite Television Brings Local Channels To Lubbock,
Texas

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 2004--EchoStar
Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: DISH) announced today that its DISH
Network(TM) will offer local TV channels by satellite television to
Lubbock, Texas, and the surrounding area. The following local TV
channels will be available: ABC Ch. 28 (KAMC), CBS Ch. 13 (KLBK), FOX
Ch. 34 (KJTV), NBC Ch. 11 (KCBD), UPN Ch. 22 (KUPT) and PBS Ch. 5
(KTXT).
This is the first time local TV channels are available on
satellite in the Lubbock area, providing an alternative to local cable
TV service. DISH Network, with the lowest all-digital price in
America, now offers local channels as part of its Digital Home
Advantage. Starting at $29.99 per month, this package offers customers
free installation for up to four TVs, with no commitment and no
hardware to buy and includes more than 60 popular TV channels such as
ESPN, Discovery and CNN Headline News, plus local Lubbock TV channels.
Customers can call DISH Network or a local satellite TV retailer
to learn how to get a free multi-satellite dish antenna required to
receive Lubbock-area local channels. DISH Network also provides
digital video recording technologies, high definition TV and more than
90 international channels to the Lubbock area.
"The addition of local channels on DISH Network gives customers in
Lubbock a final reason to choose DISH Network over cable," said Eric
Sahl, vice president of Programming. "Customers in Lubbock now have
more programming and product choices at a better price, with the
ability to watch the news, weather and sports that matter most to
them."
DISH Network offers local channels via satellite to 18 counties in
the Lubbock area: Bailey, Borden, Chochran, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens,
Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Kent, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn,
Motley, Terry and Yoakum counties.
With the addition of Lubbock, DISH Network offers local channels
in 151 markets, including 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of
Columbia.
For customers who do not subscribe to Digital Home Advantage or
other qualifying programming, local channels will be available at
$5.99 per month.
For more information on DISH Network, visit www.dishnetwork.com,
call 1-800-333-DISH (3474), or contact your local DISH Network
retailer. For downloadable, print quality images of DISH Network
equipment, installations or the DISH Network logo, visit
www.dishnetwork.com/content/aboutus/presskit/print/index.shtml.

About EchoStar

EchoStar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: DISH) serves more than
10.1 million satellite TV customers through its DISH Network(TM), the
fastest growing U.S. provider of advanced digital television services
in the last four years. DISH Network offers hundreds of video and
audio channels, Interactive TV, HDTV, sports and international
programming, together with professional installation and 24-hour
customer service. DISH Network ranks No. 1 in Customer Satisfaction
among Cable/Satellite TV Subscribers by J.D. Power and Associates.
Visit EchoStar's DISH Network at www.dishnetwork.com or call
1-800-333-DISH (3474).

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CONTACT: EchoStar Communications Corporation
Julie Popp, 303-723-2023
Julie.Popp@echostar.com

 

[cdprayor]

Called on thursday to setup an install.They said they couldn't get to it until 11/12/04.They called back today and said they will be here tomorrow 10/16/04 to install it.I will let you guys know how it goes.Will I lose all my distant locals when I get these locals?Thanks

 

[cdprayor]

Had my install done today.Not too happy about it.As you can see in the pics..The dish for 148 is hitting my electrical line!!!

 

[chaddux]

Why didn't you stop him or tell him to move it?

 

[cdprayor]

I wasn't here when they did the install.My wife was here and she didn't even look at it.You know women,if it works why check it out.Should I e-mail E* or call the installer?

 

[chaddux]

Was it setup through a retailer? If so, call the retailer. If they refuse, there is a recourse. If it was installed by DISH, call DISH and tell the CSR of the problem and tell them you want it moved. If the CSR refuses, ask immediately for a supervisor. If the supervisor refuses, there is that aforementioned recourse.

 

[cdprayor]

It was setup through SBC which I have dishnetwork through.I believe it was through a retailer who installed it.

 

[Bizzach]

Also, in that first pic, those little pieces of scrap wood he used to level the mast are splitting, and won't last more than a year. What a terrible install!
Makes me want to do installations myself!

 

[chaddux]

Whoa! Didn't even notice those. That is a really crappy job. My dish was reinforced with a piece of wood although it appears to be brand new and is not split. You definitely need to complain and get both dishes re-installed.

 

[cdprayor]

Do any of you guys know of an e-mail addy I can send them to?I need some results before my house goes up in smoke!!!!

 

[chaddux]

ceo@dishnetwork.com

I used it and got a call back. Everyone seems to get a callback.

 

[cdprayor]

should I really go all the way to the top with this??

 

[chaddux]

Charlie won't be calling you. Emails sent to that address are handed out to officers in the executive offices.

 

[cdprayor]

Thanks..I am going to e-mail them right away

 

[chaddux]

Be sure and provide your account number. You can provide a phone number too but they will pull it from your account (as they did with me).

 

[cdprayor]

Well I emailed them late saturday night.Got a call Sunday afternoon for a Monday a.m. relocate.Someone from Dish called Sunday evening sometime when we were not at home.Left a message that they wanted to come out Sunday night because the install was a hazard and unacceptable.Showed up this morning and relocated it to where I would have put it in the first place.

 

[mikew]

I can't believe they installed like that. Seems that some common sense would have led the initial installer to place the dish elsewhere... How's the picture quality of the Lubbock locals? I notice they are on 148 so they may not suffer the compression that most locals do.

 

[chaddux]

Well I emailed them late saturday night.Got a call Sunday afternoon for a Monday a.m. relocate.Someone from Dish called Sunday evening sometime when we were not at home.Left a message that they wanted to come out Sunday night because the install was a hazard and unacceptable.Showed up this morning and relocated it to where I would have put it in the first place.

New pics?