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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 and customer service center,
Littleton, Colorado...................................................... All 156,000 Owned
EchoStar Technologies Corporation engineering offices
and service center, Englewood, Colorado.................. ETC 155,000 Owned
EchoStar Technologies Corporation engineering
offices, Englewood, Colorado.................................... ETC 57,200 Owned
Digital broadcast operations center, Cheyenne,
Wyoming .................................................................... DISH Network 144,000 Owned
Digital broadcast operations center, Gilbert, Arizona..... DISH Network 120,000 Owned
Customer service center, McKeesport, Pennsylvania..... DISH Network 100,000 Leased
Customer service center and warehouse, El Paso, Texas DISH Network 170,250 Owned
Customer service center, Christiansburg, Virginia ......... DISH Network 100,000 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, Bluefield, West Virginia......... DISH Network 51,000 Owned
Warehouse and distribution center, Atlanta, Georgia ..... DISH Network 160,000 Leased
Warehouse and distribution center, Denver, Colorado... DISH Network 132,800 Leased
Warehouse and distribution center, Sacramento,
California .................................................................... DISH Network 78,500 Owned
Engineering offices and warehouse, Almelo, The
Netherlands................................................................. Other 53,800 Owned
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Fee Dispute
We had a dispute regarding the contingent fee arrangement with the attorneys who represented us in prior
litigation with The News Corporation, Ltd. In early July 2002, the parties resolved their dispute.
WIC Premium Television Ltd
During July 1998, a lawsuit was filed by WIC Premium Television Ltd., an Alberta corporation, in the Federal
Court of Canada Trial Division, against General Instrument Corporation, HBO, Warner Communications, Inc., John
Doe, Showtime, United States Satellite Broadcasting Company, Inc., EchoStar, and certain EchoStar subsidiaries.
During September 1998, WIC filed another lawsuit in the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta Judicial District
of Edmonton against certain defendants, including us. WIC is a company authorized to broadcast certain copyrighted
work, such as movies and concerts, to residents of Canada. WIC alleges 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. The lawsuit seeks, among other things, interim
and permanent injunctions prohibiting the defendants from importing satellite receivers into Canada and from
activating satellite receivers located in Canada to receive programming, together with damages in excess of $175
million.