DISH Network is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service that provides satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services to households and businesses in the United States, owned by parent company DISH Network Corporation. DISH Network was launched in March 1996, and, along with DirecTV, primarily competes with cable television providers throughout the United States. They have registered as a Nevada corporation. The corporate office is based at Meridian, Colorado, though the postal designation of nearby Englewood is commonly listed as the company's location in corporate filings and news accounts. Image File history File links DISH_Network_Logo. ... A subsidiary, in business, is an entity that is controlled by another entity. ... The year 1994 in television involved some significant events. ... Meridian is a census-designated place located in Douglas County, Colorado, USA. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 184. ... Copy of the original phone of Alexander Graham Bell at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris Telecommunication is the assisted transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ... Direct broadcast satellite (DBS) is a term used to refer to satellite television broadcasts intended for home reception, also referred to as direct-to-home signals. ... This article is about work. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Direct broadcast satellite (DBS) is a term used to refer to satellite television broadcasts intended for home reception, also referred to as direct-to-home signals. ... Satellite television is television delivered by way of communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial television and cable television. ... A standard DirecTV satellite dish with 1 LNB on a roof DirecTV (trademarked as DIRECTV) is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service based in El Segundo, California, USA, that was founded in 1994. ... Cable TV redirects here. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nevada. ... Meridian is a census-designated place located in Douglas County, Colorado, USA. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 184. ... Englewood is a city in Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA. As of 2005, the city is estimated to have a total population of 32,350. ...

History

Technical information

Satellites & locations

In 1987, EchoStar applied for a DBS license with the Federal Communications Commission and was granted access to geostationary orbital slot 119° West longitude in 1992.^[1] FCC redirects here. ... Geostationary orbit A geostationary orbit (GEO) is a geosynchronous orbit directly above the Earths equator (0° latitude), with orbital eccentricity of zero. ... Longitude is the east-west geographic coordinate measurement most commonly utilized in cartography and global navigation. ...

In 1996, EchoStar and Dominion Video Satellite, Inc., proprietor of the Sky Angel DBS service, formed a technical agreement where Dominion has co-located its FCC-licensed DBS frequencies and channels on the same DBS satellite, EchoStar III (61.5° West longitude), carrying DBS frequencies and channels licensed by the FCC to EchoStar. The two DBS companies operate independently of one another, and subscribers to each service are not required to subscribe to both services, however, this technical agreement enables individuals, at their option, to subscribe to both services using the same satellite receiving system. Sky Angel is a multi-channel, direct-to-home satellite television and radio service that specializes in Christian and family-friendly programming. ... Longitude is the east-west geographic coordinate measurement most commonly utilized in cartography and global navigation. ...

In 1999, EchoStar obtained the broadcasting assets of a failed joint venture between ASkyB and MCI WorldCom, including 28 transponders at the 110°W orbital location. MCI logo MCI, Inc. ...

On May 1, 2005, EchoStar added the first ten of the 21 original Voom channels. These channels were made available at a 61.5°W orbital slot position. (The Voom channels are now available from either 61.5°W or 129°W locations.) EchoStar planned to carry all 21 original Voom channels by 2006.^[2] Currently 15 Voom channels are carried exclusively on Dish Network. is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The VOOM logo Voom was a direct broadcast satellite television provider serving the United States. ...

On February 15, 2006, Echostar X, the tenth satellite in Echostar's fleet, was successfully launched. By mid-May it successfully began broadcasting from the 110°W orbital location to satisfy a legal mandate (passed by Congress in December 2004) for single-dish local-into-local service. is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On March 14, 2008, the AMC-14 satellite owned by SES Americom and under contract to EchoStar Corp failed to reach its intended orbit after being launched from Kazakhstan. The Ku-band satellite was to be used by Dish Network to increase the number of their HD channels from the current slate of 50 to between 70 and 100. SES and Lockheed Martin are exploring ways to attempt to bring the functioning satellite into its correct orbital position. In the event that their effort is successful, the extra use of fuel needed to correct the orbital error is anticipated to significantly reduce AMC-14's originally expected service life of 15 years.^{[3] [4] [5]} SES Americom is a major commercial satellite operator based in the United States. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Lockheed/BAE/Northrop F-35 Lockheed Trident missile C-130 Hercules; in production since the 1950s, now as the C-130J Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is an aerospace manufacturer formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. ...

Dish Network Satellite Locations List

Please refer to the article "DISH Network Corporation" for detailed satellite location information.

• 61.5° — Eastern/Central/Mountain U.S. (HD Programming & Int'l)
• 110° — Entire U.S./Alaska/Hawaii/Puerto Rico (Local Channels & Secondary core programming)
• 105° — Local Channels in specific geographical areas of CONUS
• 118.7° — Some International programming and some HD Local Channels
• 119° — Entire U.S./Alaska/Hawaii/Puerto Rico (Local Channels & Main core of programming)
• 121° — International programming/Local Channels in specific geographical areas of CONUS
• 129° — Central/Mountain/Partial Eastern U.S. (HD Programming & Local Channels)
• 148° — Western/Central/Mountain U.S. (Local Channels & Int'l)

Note: Which satellite carries one's own local channels varies.

Satellite dishes

DISH Network offers different types of satellite receiving equipment for obtaining signals from its diverse satellite fleet. Most of their consumer boxes are manufactured by Sanmina-SCI Corporation to EchoStar specifications. Prior to the December, 2001 merger of SCI Systems and Sanmina, DISH Network receivers were produced at factories in Huntsville, Alabama and Fountain, Colorado. Currently, receiver assembly takes place in Guadalajara, Mexico. Sanmina-SCI is a leading multinational Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider headquartered in San Jose, California which provides operational services to technology companies. ... Huntsville, Alabama (top center), near the Tennessee border, is north of Birmingham and northeast of Decatur, across the Tennessee River flowing northwest. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Fountain is a city located in El Paso County, Colorado. ... Coordinates: , Country State Foundation 1542 Government  - Mayor Alfonso Petersen Farah ( PAN) Area  - City 187. ...

DISH Network's DISH 300 in its original box.

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DISH 300

DISH Network's first satellite antenna was simply called the "DISH Network" dish. It was retroactively named the "DISH 300" when legal and satellite problems forced delays of the forthcoming DISH 500 systems. It uses one LNB to obtain signals from the 119°W orbital location^[6], and is commonly used as a second dish to receive additional high-definition or ethnic programming from either the 148°W or 61.5°W orbital locations.^{[citation needed]} The 119°W slot is one of two primary orbital locations that provide core services. U.S. military MILSTAR communications satellite A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to comsat) is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purposes of telecommunications using radio at microwave frequencies. ... Ku-band LNB with both sides uncovered. ...

DISH 500

Two DISH Network 500 dishes mounted on a rooftop.

After EchoStar obtained the broadcasting assets of a failed joint venture between ASkyB and MCI Worldcom, it had more than doubled its capacity by adding 28 transponders at the 110°W orbital location. Since EchoStar also owned the adjacent 119°W orbital location it developed the DISH 500 to receive the signals of both orbital locations using one dish and an innovative dual-LNB assembly. Image File history File links Dish500a. ... Image File history File links Dish500a. ... Ku-band LNB with both sides uncovered. ...

Broadcast technology

While for years DISH Network has used standard MPEG-2 for broadcasting, the addition of bandwidth-intensive HDTV in a limited-bandwidth world has called for a change to an H.264/MPEG4 AVC system. DISH Network announced as of 1 February 2006, that all new HDTV channels would be available in H.264 format only, while maintaining the current lineup as MPEG-2. DISH Network intends to eventually convert the entire platform to H.264 in order to provide more channels to subscribers. Both H.264 and Mpeg-2 are types of Lossy data compression and exhibit compression artifacts which are not present in the original source video. This practice sacrifices picture quality to increase the number of channels that can be simultaneously broadcast. MPEG-2 is a standard for the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information [1]. It is widely used around the world to specify the format of the digital television signals that are broadcast by terrestrial (over-the-air), cable, and direct broadcast satellite TV systems. ... H.264 is a high compression digital video codec standard written by the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) together with the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) as the product of a collective partnership effort known as the Joint Video Team (JVT). ... is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A lossy data compression method is one where compressing data and then decompressing it retrieves data that may well be different from the original, but is close enough to be useful in some way. ... A compression artifact is a particular type of data error that is typically the result of quantization in lossy data compression. ...

Both a standard receiver and a receiver with built-in DVR (Digital Video Recorder) are available to subscribers. The Dish Network ViP622 HD DVR has received good reviews^[7] from CNET and others. Both a standard receiver and a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) are available to subscribers for an upgrade fee. Currently Dish Network charges $5.98 per DVR as DVR service fee, which covers cost of licensing EPG(Extended Program Guide) from TV Guide. The initialism DVR, when used by itself, can refer to: Digital video recorder Digital voice recorder Discrete valuation ring Distance Vector Routing Dynamic voltage restorer Category: ... CNET Networks, Inc. ... TV Guide is the name of two North American weekly magazines about television programming, one in the United States and one in Canada. ...

Management

• Charles Ergen: Founder, Chairman, and CEO
• Carl Vogel: Vice Chairman
• R. Stanton Dodge: Executive Vice President of Legal
• Bernard L. Han: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
• Mark W. Jackson: President, EchoStar Technologies
• Dean Olmstead: President of Fixed Satellite Services
• Steven B. Schaver: President of EchoStar International

References

1. ^ List of satellites in geostationary orbit
2. ^ http://www.FccSatellite.com (more information here)
3. ^ Dish Network Suffers Failed Satellite Launch
4. ^ Satellite Snafu Will Delay Dish Network’s HD Expansion
5. ^ DISH Network Satellite Launch Could Be Total Loss
6. ^ Dish 300 and 500 Pointing Guide
7. ^ Dish Network ViP622 HD DVR Digital Video Recorder (DVR) reviews - CNET Reviews

See also

• List of Dish Network channels
• List of United States cable and satellite television networks
• DISH Network Corporation article includes satellite fleet information
• Sky Angel
• Muzak
• Sirius Satellite Radio
• DISH, Texas
• Nagravision
• Satellite dish
• Microwave antenna
• DiSEqC
• Commercialization of space
• FTA Receiver