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EchoStar XI, also known as EchoStar 11, is an American geostationary communications satellite which is operated by EchoStar on behalf of Dish Network.It is positioned in Geostationary orbit at a longitude of 110° West, from where it is used to provide direct broadcasting services to the United States.
It was retroactively named the "DISH 300" when legal and satellite problems forced delays of the forthcoming DISH 500 systems. It uses one LNB to obtain signals from the 119°W orbital location, [ 85 ] and was commonly used as a second dish to receive additional high-definition or international programming from either the 148°W or 61.5°W ...
Local channels in most major cities were available as digital broadcasts over DISH Network using Super Dish, but HDTV has since been moved to the 61.5 and 129 satellites. In 2007, most of the services at the 121° location were moved to the Anik F3 satellite at the 118.75° location.
Dish, which once had more than 14 million customers, ended the second quarter of 2024 with 8.07 million pay-TV subscribers (including 6.07 million for Dish TV and 2 million for Sling TV).
The service's "exclusive" high-definition channels were migrated to the Dish Network system. Commercial satellite TV services are the primary competition to cable television service, although the two types of service have significantly different regulatory requirements (for example, cable television has public access requirements, and the two ...
The combined entity would create the largest pay-TV service provider in the U.S. at about 16 million subscribers, if the talks are successful. US satellite-TV providers DirecTV and Dish are in ...
Home Dish Satellite Network Inc. Adult pay-per-view Cable Video Store: General Instrument (original), Graff Pay-Per-View (second) May 1997: Launched in 1985. Guest Cinema: Adult pay-per-view INHD2 Comcast/Cox Communications/Time Warner Cable January 1, 2007 Former companion network to INHD. People's Choice: Pay-per-view Request TV
The following is a list of pay television networks or channels broadcasting or receivable in the United States, organized by broadcast area and genre.. Some television providers use one or more channel slots for east/west feeds, high definition services, secondary audio programming and access to video on demand.