Article: DISH Network Celebrates Third Birthday! 2 Million Customers and Growing Only Three Years After DISH Network's 1996 Debut.

LITTLETON, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 1999--EchoStar Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH, DISHP) is proud to announce today that DISH Network(TM) is celebrating its third birthday with a special promotion: Current customers will receive a limited edition DISH Network bean bag bear when they add one or more premium movie packages during the month of March.

After broadcasting its first video signal across the nation March 3, 1996, DISH Network has since grown quickly to over 2 million customers in less than 3 years.

"A special thanks goes to our customers from everyone at DISH Network for helping us reach our third birthday," said Charlie Ergen, ...

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