Dish network customer service

Dish network customer service

DISH Network Corporation and NFL Network recently announced that "NFL RedZone" - a new channel from NFL Network - will be available on DISH Network. NFL RedZone, produced by NFL Network, whips around every NFL game on Sunday afternoons delivering touchdowns and the most exciting moments live and in high definition. When a team goes inside the 20-yard line, known as the "red zone," fans see the crucial plays as they happen. The channel keeps fans up-to-date in real time, switching from game to game with live look-ins, highlights and a chance to see every important play.

"NFL RedZone is the most exciting thing to happen to football since high definition," said Ira Bahr, Chief Marketing Officer for DISH Network. "There's no better way to kick off the 2009 NFL season than by changing the way America watches football, and DISH Network is pleased to offer consumers an opportunity to catch every touchdown and the biggest plays as they happen." "Fans with DISH Network now have the ability to see the important plays from NFL games as they happen on Sunday afternoons with our new NFL RedZone channel," said Kim Williams, Chief Operating Officer for NFL Network. "We are thrilled to announce this deal with DISH Network that provides fans with an exciting new channel produced by NFL Network that complements the live broadcasts of NFL games."

NFL RedZone is broadcast in both high definition and standard definition on DISH Network Ch. 155 as part of the Multi-Sport Package, which is available to most DISH Network customers at $5.99 per month. DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH), the nation's HD leader, provides approximately 13.610 million satellite TV customers as of June 30, 2009 with the highest quality programming and technology at the best value, including the lowest all-digital price nationwide. Customers have access to hundreds of video and audio channels, the most HD channels, the most international channels, state-of-the-art interactive TV applications, and award-winning HD and DVR technology including 1080p Video on Demand and the ViP(R) 722 HD DVR, a CNET and PC Magazine "Editors' Choice." DISH Network is included in the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) and is a Fortune 250 company. Visit www.dishnetwork.com.

Herta Mueller

Herta Mueller

Herta Müller, the Romanian-born German novelist and essayist who has written widely about the oppression of dictatorship in her native country and the unmoored life of the political exile, on Thursday won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature. Announcing the award in Stockholm, the Swedish Academy described Ms. Müller, “who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed.” Her award comes on the 20th anniversary ofthe fall of Communism in Europe.

Ms. Müller, 56, emigrated to Germany in 1987 after years of persecution and censorship in Romania. She is the first German writer to win the Nobel award since Günter Grass in 1999. Just four of her works have been translated into English, including the novels “The Land of Green Plums” and “The Appointment.” “I am very surprised and still cannot believe it,” Ms. Müller said in a statement released by her publisher in Germany. “I can’t say anythingmore at the moment.” In the news conference making the announcement in Stockholm, Peter Englund, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, said Ms. Müller had been honored because of her “very, very distinct special language, on the one hand, and on the other hand she has really a story to tell about growing up in a dictatorship ... and growing up as a stranger in your own family.”

Ms. Müller was born and raised in the German-speaking town of Nitzkydorf in Romania. Her father served in the SS during World War II, and her mother was deported to the Soviet Union in 1945 and sent to a work campin what is now Ukraine. As a university student studying German and Russian literature, Ms. Müller opposed the regime of Nicolae Ceausescu and joined Aktionsgruppe Banat, a group of dissident writers who sought freedom of speech. She wrote her first work, a collection of short stories, in 1982 while working as a translator for a factory. The stories were censored by the Romanian authorities and Ms. Müller was fired from the factory after refusing to work withthe Securitate secret police. While working as a kindergarten teacher, the uncensored manuscript of “Niederungen,” — or “Lowlands” — was smuggled to Germany and published there to instant critical acclaim.

Kindle

Kindle

Amazon.com's Kindle ereader is heading for the world stage. The company unveiled an international version of its popular Kindle device that will be powered by AT&T Mobility and its international roaming partners, which Amazon said will allow users to download content in more than 100 countries. Amazon also cut $40 off the price of its U.S. version, which runs on Sprint Nextel's network, from $299 down to $259. The new international version--which is physically the same as the U.S. version--will cost $279 and will start shipping Oct. 19.

As Amazon looks to broaden the Kindle's appeal, the move also cements AT&T's position in the ereader market. AT&T will provide 3G wireless connectivity to Sony's new ereader, called the Daily Edition, and is also going to power electronics startup Plastic Logic's forthcoming ereader device. Indeed, AT&T's GSM-based network--a standard that covers more of the world than Sprint's CDMA network technology--appears to be a draw for companies with international ambitions. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said in an interview with Wired that it makes sense for users to spend $20 more to get international Kindle functionality, exclaiming, "I would!"