DISH Network

The DISH Network is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service that broadcasts digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States. Owned by Echostar, DISH Network was launched in March, 1996 and is DirecTV's primary competitor in the United States. DISH Network originally used an 18-inch satellite dish called DISH 300 which allowed subscribers to receive a signal from one satellite location. Nowadays, DISH Network uses 20-inch satellite dishes called DISH 500, which allows subscribers to receive satellite signals from two satellite locations simultaneously. Slightly larger, 36"x20" dishes (called SuperDISH) are being introduced with capability to receive satellite signals from three satellite locations simultaneously. Both DISH 500 and SuperDISH are becoming more common as DISH Network (as well as other DBS services) are attempting to squeeze more programming onto their growing systems, particularly local American television network affiliates stations, and foreign programming. Unlike DirecTV, DISH Network has no partnership to deliver broadband satellite Internet service as it recently severed its partnership with the American satellite broadband company Starband. In 2003, DISH Network began providing in-flight satellite TV service to the U.S. airline Song. In 2004, selected music channels from Sirius satellite radio were added to DISH Network's lineup of audio-only channels. Every month, DISH Network has a show called Charlie Chat which features news about upcoming hardware, programming events, and new channels. Charlie Ergen and Jim De Franco host the show and take questions from e-mail and live callers. \n

Number of Subscribers throughout the years

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Year	Subscribers
1995	20,000
1996	100,000
1997	250,000
1998	500,000
1999	1,000,000
2000	2,000,000
2000	4,000,000
2000	5,000,000
2002	9,000,000

• List of channels on DISH Network.\n**105: USA Network - USA\n**106: Nick at Nite's TV Land - TVLND\n**107: Comedy Central - CMDY\n**108: Lifetime - LIFE\n**109: Lifetime Movie Network - LMN\n**110: Food Network - FOOD\n**111: Do-it-Yourself Network - DIY\n**112: Home & Garden Television - HGTV\n**114: E\n**115: Style Network - STYLE\n**116: Game Show Network - GAME\n**118: A&E\n**119: Biography Channel - BIOGR\n**120: History Channel - HIST\n**121: History International - HISTI\n**122: Sci-Fi Channel - SCIFI\n**124: BET\n**128: Women's Entertainment - WE\n**129: Bravo Network - BRAVO\n**130: American Movie Classics - AMC\n**131: Independent Film Channel - IFC\n**132: Turner Classic Movies - TCM\n**133: Fox Movie Channel - FOXMO\n**135: BBC America - BBC\n**137: FX Networks\n**138: TNT\n**140: ESPN\n**142: ESPNews - ESNWS\n**143: ESPN Classic - ESPCL\n**144: ESPN2\n**149: Fox Sports World - FOXWD\n**150: The Speed Channel - SPEED\n**151: Outdoor Life Network - OLN\n**153: The Outdoor Channel - OTDCH\n**158: Fuse - FUSE\n**159: SiTV\n**160: MTV\n**161: MTV2\n**162: VH-1\n**163: VH-1 Classic - VH1CL\n**166: Country Music TV - CMT\n**167: Great American Country - GAC\n**168: Spike TV - SPIKE\n**169: Noggin - NOG/N\n**170: Nickelodeon - NICK\n**171: Nickelodeon (West) - NICKW\n**172: Disney Channel {East} - DISNE\n**173: Disney Channel (West} - DISNW\n**174: Toon Disney - TDISN\n**175: Boomerang - BOOM\n**176: Cartoon Network - TOON\n**177: Nickelodeon GAS - NICKG\n**178: Nickelodeon Toons - NICKT\n**179: Discovery Kids - DKIDS\n**180: ABC Family - ABCFM\n**181: PAX-TV - PAX\n**182: Discovery Channel - DISC\n**183: The Learning Channel - TLC\n**184: Animal Planet - ANIML\n**185: The Hallmark Channel - HLMRK\n**186: National Geographic - NTGEO\n**188: SoapNet - SOAP\n**189: Discovery Health - DHLTH\n**190: Reality TV - RLTY\n**191: G4TechTV - TECH\n**192: Discovery Times - DTIME\n**193: The Science Channel - SCIEN\n**194: Discovery Home & Leisure - DHOME\n**195: Discovery Wings - DWNGS\n**200: CNN\n**202: Headline News - HNN\n**203: Bloomberg TV - BITV\n**204: Court TV - COURT\n**205: Fox News Channel - FXNWS\n**206: CNN/fn - CNNFN\n**207: CNBC World - CNBCW\n**208: CNBC\n**209: MSNBC\n**210: C-SPAN - CSPAN\n**212: C-SPAN 2 - CSPN2\n**213: NASA TV - NASA\n**214: The Weather Channel - TWC\n**215: Travel Channel - TRAV\n**216: Catalog TV - CATTV\n**217: Auction TV - AUCTN\n**218: Men's Channel - MEN'S\n**219: TV Outlet Mall - MALL\n**221: Stuff TV - STUFF\n**222: The Home Shopping Network - HSN\n**223: Healthy Living Channel - HLC\n**224: Shop at Home - SAH\n**225: The Beauty and Fashion Channel - TBFC\n**226: Quality Value Convenience - QVC\n**227: Jewely Television by ACN - ACN\n**228: Shop NBC - SHNBC\n**229: iShop\n**230: TBS Superstation - TBS\n**232: The WB (Los Angeles, CA) - KTLA\n**234: The WB (New York, NY) - WPIX\n**235: The WB (Denver, CO) - KWGN\n**236: UPN (Boston, MA) - WSBK\n**238: UPN (Secaucus, NJ) - WWOR\n**239: WGN Superstation - WGN\n**260: Trinity Broadcasting Network - TBN\n**261: Eternal Word Television Network - EWTN\n**262: Angel One - ANGEL\n**264: Wisdom Television - WISDM\n**300: HBO (East) - HBO-E\n**301: HBO 2 (East) - HBO2E\n**302: HBO Signature - HBOSG\n**303: HBO (West) - HBO-W\n**304: HBO 2 (West) - HBO2W\n**305: HBO Family - HBOFM\n**307: HBO Comedy - HBOCY\n**309: HBO Latino - HBOLT\n**310: Cinemax (East) - MAX-E\n**311: Cinemax (West) - MAX-W\n**312: MoreMAX - MOMAX\n**313: ActionMAX - ACMAX\n**314: 5StarMAX - 5-MAX\n**318: Showtime (East) - SHO-E\n**319: Showtime (West) - SHO-W\n**320: Showtime Too - SHOTO\n**321: Showtime Showcase - SHOCS\n**322: Showtime Extreme - SHOEX\n**323: Showtime Beyond - SBYND\n**327: The Movie Channel (East) - TMC-E\n**328: The Movie Channel Xtra (East) - TMCXE\n**329: The Movie Channel (West) - TMC-W\n**330: The Movie Channel Xtra (West) - TMCXW\n**332: Sundance Channel - SUND\n**333: Flix - FLIX\n**340: Encore (East) - ENC-E\n**341: Encore (West) - ENC-W\n**342: Westerns - WSTRN\n**343: Action - ACTN\n**344: Mystery - MSTRY\n**345: True Stories - TRUE\n**346: Love Stories - LOVE\n**347: WAM - WAM\n**350: STARZ (East) - STZ-E\n**351: STARZ (West) - STZ-W\n**352: STARZ! Theater - STZTH\n**353: STARZ! Cinema (East) - STZCE\n**354: STARZ! Cinema (West) - STZCW\n**355: BLACK STARZ - BKSTZ\n**356: STARZ! Family - STZFE\n**401: The Golf Channel - GOLF\n**402: NBA TV - NBATV\n**405: TVG - TVGAM\n**407: Gol TV - GOLTV\n**412: Madison Square Garden Network - MSG\n**413: Fox Sports Net New York - FOXNY\n**414: Fox Sports Net Rocky Mountain - FOXRM\n**415: Fox Sports Net Arizona - FOXAZ\n**416: Fox Sports Net Southwest - FOXSW\n**417: Fox Sports Net West - FOXW\n**418: Fox Sports Net Midwest - FOXMW\n**419: Fox Sports Net Bay Area - FOXBA\n**420: Fox Sports Net South - FOXS\n**421: Fox Sports Net Chicago - FOXCH\n**422: Sunshine Network - SUN\n**423: Fox Sports Net Florida - FOXFL\n**424: Comcast SportsNet - CCSN\n**425: Fox Sports Net Ohio - FOXOH\n**426: Fox Sports Net Northwest - FOXNW\n**427: Fox Sports Net Cincinnati - FOXCN\n**428: Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh - FOXPT\n**430: Fox Sports Net Detroit - FOXD\n**432: Empire Sports Network - EMP\n**434: New England Sports Network - NESN\n**435: Fox Sports Net New England - FOXNE\n**436: Fox Sports Net North - FOXN\n**9400: Research Channel - RSRCH\n**9401: Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network - HITN\n**9402: PBS You - PBS-U\n**9403: Brigham Young University Television - BYUTV\n**9404: University of Washington Television - UWTV\n**9407: Colours TV - COLRS\n**9408: Daystar Television Network - DSTAR\n**9409: RFD-TV - RFDTV\n**9410: Link TV - LINK\n**9411: Universityhouse Channel - NAUHS\n**9412: University of California Television - UCTV\n**9415: Free Speech TV - FSTV

Website

• DISH Network Homepage