EchoStar's Dish Network Launches Nation's Largest HD Lineup

EchoStar's Dish Network Launches Nation's Largest HD Lineup by Adding Expanded Suite of Rainbow Media's VOOM HD Networks; New 15-channel Offering Reinforces VOOM's Role as the Leading Provider of Niche HD Content - Jan 5, 2006 02:30 PM (BusinessWire)

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2006--EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:DISH) and Rainbow Media Holdings announced today that EchoStar's DISH Network will expand its offering of Rainbow's VOOM HD Networks from 10 to 15 channels. VOOM HD Networks provides the largest and most diverse suite of HD content in the nation, and today's announcement reinforces its commitment to fill the HD content void and to create programming that maximizes the HD experience.

As part of its strategy to be the nation's leading provider of HD programming, DISH Network started distributing an initial lineup of 10 VOOM HD Networks in the spring of 2005. Telecast in 1080i with Dolby

5.1 surround sound, VOOM HD Networks provide 24 hours of high-definition, commercial-free, programming. The new suite of 15 VOOM HD channels will be available to consumers on February 1, as part of DISH Network's new DishHD package, which was also introduced today at the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show.

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