DISH Network Launches WGN America in HD and Renews Retransmission Agreement With Tribune's 23 Television Stations

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DISH Network Corporation (Nasdaq:DISH), the nation's third largest pay-TV provider and the digital transition leader, today announced an agreement with Tribune, America's largest employee-owned media company, to add WGN America in HD to its lineup of more than 80 national HD channels. As part of the agreement, DISH Network(r) this week will begin to carry high-definition programming from four Tribune stations in major markets -- KCPQ FOX, Seattle, Wash.; WPIX CW, New York, N.Y.; WGN-TV CW, Chicago, Ill.; and KTXL FOX, Sacramento, Ca.

The agreement also provides for...

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