DISH Network Satellite Television Brings Local TV Channels to Jacksonville, Fla.

EchoStar's DISH Network Now Offers a Better Alternative to Cable TV

Littleton, Colo., Nov. 7, 2002 – EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) is pleased to announce that its DISH Network™ now offers for the first time local channels ABC Ch. 25 (WJXX), CBS Ch. 47 (WTEV), NBC Ch. 12 (WTLV), FOX Ch. 30 (WAWS), WB Ch. 17 (WJWB), PBS Ch. 7 (WJCT) and independent Channel 4 (WJXT) by satellite television to Jacksonville viewers.

Local channels are available for a price of only $5.99 per month to DISH Network customers. By offering local TV channels, DISH Network is providing a competitive alternative to local cable TV service.

DISH Network offers local channels to the Jacksonville area in the following Florida counties: Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns and Union. Local channels from Jacksonville are also available in the following Georgia counties: Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Glynn, Pierce and Ware.

With the addition of Jacksonville, DISH Network offers local channels to a total of 49 cities and their metro areas nationwide including West Palm Beach, Miami and Orlando.

DISH Network makes satellite TV simple and affordable. The DISH Network "WOW – Free Satellite TV" promotion offers consumers the lowest all digital TV channel package in America at only $22.99 per month for 60 channels and a professionally installed satellite TV system for free after equipment credits.

For more information on DISH Network's "Wow – Free Satellite TV" offer, visit www.dishnetwork.com, call 1-800/333-DISH (3474), or contact your local DISH Network retailer.

For downloadable, print quality images of DISH Network equipment, installations or the DISH Network logo, visit www.dishnetwork.com/content/aboutus/presskit/print/index.shtml.

DISH Network is a trademark of EchoStar Communications Corporation. DISH Network is EchoStar's state-of-the-art direct broadcast satellite TV system that is capable of offering over 500 channels of digital video and CD-quality audio programming, as well as advanced hardware and installation. EchoStar is included in the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) which contains the largest non-financial companies on the Nasdaq Stock Market. DISH Network currently serves over 7.46 million customers.