The below link has a new launch date of December 16th for the AMC-16 Ku/Ka band satellite. AMC-16 will be placed at 85 W and leased by Dish. If all goes as scheduled, I would expect AMC-16 to be operational by March 1, 2005.
http://spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html
http://spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html