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Item 2. Properties
The following table sets forth certain information concerning our principal properties:
Description/Use/Location
Segment(s)
Using Property
Approximate
Square
Footage
Owned or
Leased
Corporate headquarters, Englewood, Colorado .............................................. All 476,000 Owned
EchoStar Technologies Corporation engineering offices and
service center, Englewood, Colorado........................................................ ETC 150,000 Owned
EchoStar Technologies Corporation engineering offices,
Englewood, Colorado................................................................................. ETC 63,000 Owned
Digital broadcast operations center, Cheyenne, Wyoming ............................. DISH Network 123,000 Owned
Digital broadcast operations center, Gilbert, Arizona .................................... DISH Network 120,000 Owned
Customer service center, Littleton, Colorado ................................................. DISH Network 202,000 Owned
Customer service center and warehouse, El Paso, Texas ............................... DISH Network 171,000 Owned
Customer service center, McKeesport, Pennsylvania ..................................... DISH Network 106,000 Leased
Customer service center, Christiansburg, Virginia ......................................... DISH Network 103,000 Owned
Customer service center and general offices, Pine Brook, New Jersey .......... DISH Network 67,000 Leased
Customer service center, Thornton, Colorado ................................................ DISH Network 55,000 Owned
Customer service center, Harlingen, Texas..................................................... DISH Network 54,000 Owned
Customer service center, Bluefield, West Virginia ........................................ DISH Network 50,000 Owned
Warehouse and distribution center, Atlanta, Georgia ..................................... DISH Network 144,000 Leased
Warehouse and distribution center, Denver, Colorado ................................... DISH Network 133,000 Leased
Warehouse and distribution center, Sacramento, California .......................... DISH Network 82,000 Owned
Warehouse and distribution center, Dallas, Texas ......................................... DISH Network 80,000 Leased
Engineering offices and warehouse, Almelo, The Netherlands ...................... Other 55,000 Owned
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
WIC Premium Television Ltd.
During July 1998, WIC Premium Television Ltd. (“WIC”), an Alberta corporation, filed a lawsuit against us in the
Federal Court of Canada Trial Division. General Instrument Corporation, HBO, Warner Communications, Inc.,
Showtime and United States Satellite Broadcasting Company, Inc. were also named as defendants.
During September 1998, WIC filed another lawsuit against us in the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta Judicial
District of Edmonton. WIC is authorized to broadcast certain copyrighted work, such as movies and concerts, to
residents of Canada. WIC alleged that the defendants engaged in, promoted, and/or allowed satellite dish equipment
from the United States to be sold in Canada and to Canadian residents and that some of the defendants allowed and
profited from Canadian residents purchasing and viewing subscription television programming that is only authorized
for viewing in the United States. During December 2003, the matter was dismissed with no impact on our business.
Distant Network Litigation
Until July 1998, we obtained feeds of distant broadcast network channels (ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX) for distribution
to our customers through PrimeTime 24. In December 1998, the United States District Court for the Southern District
of Florida entered a nationwide permanent injunction requiring PrimeTime 24 to shut off distant network channels to
many of its customers, and henceforth to sell those channels to consumers in accordance with the injunction.
In October 1998, we filed a declaratory judgment action against ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX in the United States
District Court for the District of Colorado. We asked the Court to find that our method of providing distant network
programming did not violate the Satellite Home Viewer Act and hence did not infringe the networks’ copyrights. In
November 1998, the networks and their affiliate association groups filed a complaint against us in Miami Federal Court