Article: SCI Systems Ships 5 Millionth Satellite Television Receiver To EchoStar; DISH Network Customers Demand EchoStar's Satellite TV Receivers at Break-Neck Pace.

LITTLETON, Colo., June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- EchoStar Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: DISH DISHP) and SCI Systems, Inc., (NYSE: SCI) announced today that SCI has manufactured and shipped the 5 millionth direct broadcast satellite (DBS) television receiver to EchoStar. EchoStar's DISH Network currently serves over 2.3 million satellite TV customers and has added over 100,000 customers per month in 1999, illustrating the increasing demand by consumers for an alternative to the rising costs of cable.

"SCI is pleased and proud to have fully supported the very rapid growth and consistently high quality of EchoStar products and services," said George J. King, Senior Vice ...

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