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DISH Network Satellite Television Adds WB Channel to Local TV Channel Line-up; EchoStar's DISH Network Now Offers Indiana Pacers on Satellite TV

Business Wire, August 27, 2002

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LITTLETON, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 2002

EchoStar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: DISH), a leading direct broadcast satellite television provider, announced today that DISH Network now offers Indianapolis' local WB via satellite TV. WB, Channel 4 (WTTV), is available on DISH Network beginning Wednesday, Aug. 28 in the local channels package for $5.99 per month. The package also includes ABC Ch. 6 (WRTV), NBC Ch. 13 (WTHR), CBS Ch. 8 (WISH), FOX Ch. 59 (WXIN), UPN Ch. 23 (WNDY), PBS Ch. 20 (WFYI), IND Ch. 40 (WHMB) and PBS Ch. 69 (WTBU) by satellite television to 32 counties in the Indianapolis area.

WTTV carries many Indiana Pacers and Indiana University sports events as well as WNBA Indiana Fever and the NFL Indianapolis Colts.

DISH Network offers local channels to Indianapolis in the following area counties: White, Cass, Miami, Carroll, Howard, Grant, Blackford, Randolph, Delaware, Henry, Madison, Tipton, Hamilton, Clinton, Boone, Montgomery, Fountain, Putnam, Hendricks, Marion, Hancock, Fayette, Rush, Shelby, Johnson, Morgan, Owen, Monroe, Brown, Bartholomew, Decatur and Lawrence.

DISH Network offers local channels via satellite TV to a total of 44 cities and their metro areas nationwide including Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chicago and Detroit. The local channels are available for a price of only $5.99 per month for DISH Network customers. DISH Network makes satellite TV simple and affordable. The DISH Network "WOW - Free Satellite TV" promotion offers consumers the lowest all-digital TV channel package in America at only $22.99 per month for 60 channels and a free professionally installed satellite TV system. For more information on DISH Network's "Wow - Free Satellite TV" offer, visit www.dishnetwork.com, call 1-800/333-DISH (3474), or contact your local DISH Network retailer.

For downloadable, print-quality images of DISH Network equipment, installations or the DISH Network logo, visit www.dishnetwork.com/content/aboutus/presskit/print/index.shtml.> DISH Network is a trademark of EchoStar Communications Corporation. DISH Network is EchoStar's state-of-the-art direct broadcast satellite TV system that is capable of offering over 500 channels of digital video and CD-quality audio programming, as well as advanced hardware and installation. EchoStar is included in the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) which contains the largest non-financial companies on the Nasdaq Stock Market. DISH Network currently serves over 7.46 million customers.