EchoStar Communications Corporation and NFL Network announced a multi-year extension to bring many new advanced features to customers of EchoStar's DISH Network™ satellite TV service. These features include availability on DISH Network's America's Top 60; 168 games televised nationally including NFL Network's regular-season primetime game package debuting this Thanksgiving; and full-time carriage of NFL Network's high definition feed.

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Direct TV vs. Dish Network

Satellite TV growing in Canada

According to the Calgary news, Canadians are tuning in to satellite television in greater numbers, while cable sales remain flat. Last year, the number of Canadian households with satellite TV rose to nearly 2.5 million, an increase of 170,000, or eight per cent. Although cable TV providers still hold a dominant share of the Canadian market, the number of households with cable TV last year fell by about 24,000 to 6.61 million.