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To: DiViT who wrote (26767)	12/17/1997 7:37:00 AM
From: Stoctrash	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

DISH Network Adds One Millionth Customer biz.yahoo.com (cube powered headend....now they need to get into thier combo DVD/DBS box) Doubles Market Share in First Full Year of Service ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 1997--EchoStar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: DISH - news, DISHP - news) today announced that DISH Network(SM) has activated its one millionth customer. For the twelve-month period following EchoStar's first satellite launch, the DISH Network added more subscribers than any of its DTH competitors added in their first year. With the addition of 650,000 customers to date in 1997, DISH Network has doubled its market share from 17 percent of all subscribers added during 1996 to 35 percent in 1997, its first full year of service. ''This milestone for DISH Network is the result of the many contributions of our employees, satellite retailers, vendors and programmers,'' said Charlie Ergen, chairman and CEO, EchoStar Communications Corporation, ''Combined with the successful launch of EchoStar III, 1997 has truly been a memorable year for EchoStar. We look forward to 1998 when DISH Network becomes the first and only DBS service to offer local channels to its customers.'' EchoStar Communications Corporation, headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, operates three interrelated business units: DISH Network(TM), EchoStar's state-of-the-art DBS system which offers customers over 200 channels of digital video and CD quality audio programming, fully MPEG-2/DVB compliant hardware, installation, financing and leasing; HTS(TM), designs, manufactures and distributes DBS set-top boxes, antennae and other digital equipment for the DISH Network and various international customers that include ExpressVu Canada and Telefonica's Via Digital system in Spain. HTS also provides uplink center design, construction oversight and project integration services for customers internationally. Satellite Services, addresses markets that fall outside of the current DISH Network residential market, including business television, data delivery, educational initiatives and satellite capacity leases. EchoStar III was launched on October 5, 1997 from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida. EchoStar III will complement current programming offered by the DISH Network by expanding international, educational and business programming, including possible data delivery and retransmission of local channels in certain U.S. television markets. EchoStar plans to further enhance its services with the launch of EchoStar IV, scheduled for March, 1998. DISH Network is a service mark of EchoStar Communications Corp. DISH Network is located on the Internet at: dishnetwork.com