EchoStar Names New President

ENGLEWOOD,
September 18: EchoStar Communications Corporation has appointed Carl Vogel as
president, overseeing day-to-day operations for DISH Network, effective
immediately.

Vogel
will continue to serve as vice chairman of EchoStar's board of directors. Vogel
returned to EchoStar in May 2005 after serving as president and CEO of Charter
Communications. Before joining Charter, Vogel held various senior executive
positions with companies affiliated with Liberty Media Corporation and was
responsible for portfolio investments in subscription television, content
distribution, broadband, telecommunications and satellite sectors worldwide.
Vogel served as EchoStar's president from 1994 to 1997.

EchoStar
has also appointed Bernard L. Han as chief financial officer, effective
September 28, succeeding David J. Rayner who will assume the new role of
executive VP in charge of the company's national installation and service
network. Until last year, Han was executive VP and CFO of Northwest Airlines.