Dish Network
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 Dish Network facts

• The company provides satellite television, satellite Internet access, audio programming, and interactive television services to commercial and residential customers in the United States
• As of November 2016, the company provided services to 13
• 6 million television and 593,000 broadband subscribers
• The company has approximately 18,000 employees
• The company is headquartered in Meridian, Colorado, though the postal designation of nearby Englewood, Colorado is used in the corporate mailing address
• In January 2008, Dish Network was spun off from its former parent company EchoStar, which was founded by Charlie Ergen as a satellite television equipment distributor in 1980
• The company began using Dish Network as its consumer brand in March 1996, after the successful launch of its first satellite, EchoStar I, in December 1995
• That launch marked the beginning of its subscription television services, and EchoStar has since launched numerous satellites, with nine owned and leased satellites in its fleet as of January 2013
• EchoStar continues to be the primary technology partner to Dish Network
• Joseph Clayton became president and chief executive officer of the company in June 2011, while Charlie Ergen remained chairman