DISH Network(R) Lights Up More National HD Channels
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., March 12, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News
Network/ -- Announces More HD Channels Coming This Spring
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., March 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, DISH
Network(R) launched the high definition feeds of Showtime
Showcase HD, SHO2 HD, The Movie Channel HD and BET J, expanding
its national HD count to up to 128 channels. In addition, DISH
Network also announced that it will add BET, Comedy Central,
CMT, MTV, Nickelodeon, Spike TV and VH-1 in HD this spring.
"We are excited to add new national HD channels to our growing
programming line-up," said Dave Shull, senior vice president of
Programming for DISH Network. "Our subscribers are asking us for
more HD, and we're responding by continuing to launch new local
HD markets and new national HD channels, making DISH Network the
best value in the pay-TV industry."
Showtime Showcase HD, SHO2 HD and The Movie Channel HD are
located in the Showtime Unlimited package, available for just
$12.99 per month. BET J is part of PlatinumHD, which can be
added to any programming package for $10 per month. Existing
DISH Network subscribers who upgrade to HD programming will
receive PlatinumHD free for the first three months.
For more information about DISH Network's comprehensive HD
line-up, visit
www.dishnetwork.com.
About DISH Network Corporation
DISH Network Corporation (Nasdaq: DISH) provides approximately
13.678 million satellite TV customers as of Dec. 31, 2008 with
the highest quality programming and technology at the best
value, including the lowest all-digital price nationwide.
Customers have access to hundreds of video and audio channels,
the most international channels in the U.S., state-of-the-art
interactive TV applications, and award-winning HD and DVR
technology including 1080p Video on Demand and the DuoDVRTM
ViP(R) 722 DVR, a CNET and PC Magazine "Editors' Choice." DISH
Network is included in the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) and is a
Fortune 250 company. Visit
www.dishnetwork.com.
SOURCE DISH Network Corporation
http://www.dishnetwork.com
