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Article: DISH Network First to Offer All Standard and High Definition Programming in MPEG-4.
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- Entertainment Newsweekly
- Article date:
- September 12, 2008
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DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ:DISH), the third largest pay-TV provider and the digital television leader, today became the first in the pay-TV industry to transmit all standard and high definition programming in the MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding Standard. This milestone continues DISH Network's series of industry firsts, including the latest expansion in high definition services, the launch of TurboHD -- the only 100 percent HD service -- the availability of movies in Blu-Ray Disc quality 1080p resolution, and the commitment to offer up to 150 national HD channels by the end of the year.
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