name	Dish Network Corporation
logo
type	Public
traded as
foundation	March 4, 1996
founder	Charlie Ergen, Candy Ergen, and Jim DeFranco
location city	Meridian, Colorado
location country	U.S.
key people	Joseph Clayton, chief executive
industry	Telon
revenue	US$11.617 billion (2008)
operating income	US$2.056 billion (2008)
net income	US$902.95 million (2008)
num employees	26,000 (2008)
slogan	Let's watch TV
subsid	Blockbuster LLC, DBSD North America, Inc. & Liberty Bell Telecom
homepage	Dishnetwork.com & Dishonline.com
footnotes	}}

Dish Network Corporation is the United States' second largest pay TV provider, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish Network has approximately 24,500 employees, most of which are located within the U.S. The corporate office is based in Meridian, Colorado, though the postal designation of Englewood is used in the company's mailing address.

Offspring of Echostar Satellite L.L.C., and founded by Charlie Ergen, his wife Candy and their friend Jim DeFranco as a satellite television equipment distributor in 1980, DISH Network was officially branded in March 1996. This branding came after the successful launch of its first satellite, Echostar I in December 1995 and marked the beginning of the company offering subscription television services. The company has since launched numerous satellites, with 14 owned and leased satellites currently in its fleet.

, DISH Network split from Echostar, with each entity becoming a separate company. Echostar is the key technology partner to DISH Network, which focuses only on marketing and providing satellite television service.

, the company competes primarily with satellite rival DirecTV and with cable television providers, but telecommunication companies' development of fiber-optic lines has increasingly become competition for the company. The company is a Fortune 200 company.

History

Early growth

Dish Network officially began operations in March 1996 as a service of EchoStar. EchoStar was formed in 1980 by its chairman and chief executive officer, Charles Ergen along with colleagues Candy Ergen and Jim Defranco, as a distributor of C band satellite television systems. In 1987, EchoStar applied for a direct broadcast satellite broadcast license with the Federal Communications Commission and was granted access to orbital slot 119° west longitude in 1992.

On December 28, 1995, EchoStar successfully launched its first satellite, EchoStar I. With this and the completion of the construction of the satellite uplink center in Cheyenne, Wyoming, The Dish Network brand name was born to represent the home satellite TV service. In March, 1996, the company made its first broadcast to customers.

In 1998, EchoStar purchased the broadcasting assets of a satellite broadcasting joint venture of News Corporation's ASkyB and MCI Worldcom. With this purchase EchoStar obtained 28 of the 32 transponder licenses in the 110° West orbital slot, more than doubling existing continental United States broadcasting capacity at a value of $682.5 million. The acquisition inspired the company to introduce a multisatellite system called Dish 500, theoretically capable of receiving more than 500 channels on one Dish. In the same year, Echostar, partnering with Bell Canada, launched Dish Network Canada.

Investing for the future

In January 1999, the company released the industry's first High-definition television (HDTV) tuner. In August 2003, the company launched Echostar IX, the first satellite equipped with commercial Ka band payload for broadband service over the United States. This led the company in 2004 to be the first satellite TV service to offer local channels to all 50 states. In that year, the company also introduced the nation's first interactive TV multiple picture-in picture application for the Olympic Games, offering coverage from multiple channels at once. This year the company also acquired its 10 millionth customer.

In January 2005, EchoStar bought the broadcasting assets of the troubled HDTV satellite provider Voom, including its Rainbow 1 satellite co-located with EchoStar 3 at 61.5° West. On April 29, EchoStar announced that it would expand its HDTV programming by adding the first 10 of 21 original Voom channels and mirror the channels on a CONUS slot. Dish Network added CNN HD in Spanish along with other packages in its Latino HD lineup. www.dishmexico.com

On January 1, 2008, the company completed its spinoff of its technology and set top box business into a separate publicly traded company, Echostar Corporation ("Echostar"), effectively splitting the original Echostar into two separate businesses. Dish Network Corporation, the larger of the two resulting companies, focuses on programming, service and marketing of satellite television, while EchoStar Corporation runs a majority of the satellite fleet and other signal infrastructure. While neither company has any ownership in the other, the majority of the voting power of the shares in both companies is owned by Charlie Ergen.

DishOnline

DishOnline is Dish Network's subscriber-only streaming video service which includes HBO and Cinemax programming.

Recent actions

On December 1, 2008, Dish Network began to operate in Mexico as Dish Network Mexico, due to an agreement between Dish Network and the Mexican media conglomerate MVS Comunicaciones. Dish is present in more than a dozen states and several cities, including Guadalajara, León, Monterrey, Irapuato and Mexico City.

On June 2, 2009, Dish Network began airing free monthly concerts on channel 101. An exclusive deal was reached between Dish Network and CMT to offer "CMT Front Row", programming featuring country music stars and concerts. The monthly concerts are available in HD.

On December 10, 2009, Dish Network announced that it passed the 14 million customer milestone; adding more net customers than any company in the multichannel video distribution business.

On January 6, 2010, Dish Network introduced TV Everywhere - a unique suite of integrated products designed to maximize the convenience and ease of watching TV anytime and anywhere. Key components of TV Everywhere(TM) include the TV Everywhere Adapter; the ViP(R) 922 set-top box—the world's only DVR with built-in Slingbox technology — the new DISH Network WiFi HD Monitor; and the newly-released DISH Remote Access app.

On January 7, 2010, Dish Network partners with NeuLion to distribute live international TV channels through IPTV platform.

On February 3, 2010, Dish Network introduces Tetris TV, a interactive TV game service with Oberon Media and The Tetris Company.

On June 3, 2010, Dish Network introduced Free HD for Life. This deal requires an agreement and autoPay with paperless billing.

On August 24, 2010, Dish Network introduced DishOnline.com, the first online video portal that integrates live TV.

On October 6, 2010, Logitech announced that it would offer its new Google TV powered set top device, the Revue, to Dish Network subscribers.

On November 10, 2010, DISH Network L.L.C. announced that DISH Network's Google TV solution is now available to customers. DISH Network's Google TV solution, which requires a DVR integration service, includes the Logitech Revue with Google TV, a small set-top box.

On April 6, 2011, DISH Network won Blockbuster Inc. in a bankruptcy auction in New York, agreeing to pay $322 million in cash and assume $87 million in liabilities and other obligations for the nationwide video-rental company.

On June 20, 2011, Joseph Clayton assumes day-to-day control of the company.Clayton is the former head of Sirius Satellite Radio and since 2008 has served on the board of directors of Ergen’s other company, EchoStar Corp.

On June 21, 2011, all standard definition channels were hidden from the Dish Network guide, except for the channels that do not have an HD channel, for subscribers with certain HD receivers and can be viewed through guide display options. Standard definition programming remains on the lineup for those with SD-only receivers and other HD receivers.

Technical information

Satellite dishes

Dish Network offers different types of satellite receiving equipment for obtaining signals from its diverse satellite fleet. Most of their consumer boxes are manufactured by Sanmina-SCI Corporation to EchoStar specifications. Prior to the December, 2001 merger of SCI Systems and Sanmina, Dish Network receivers were produced at factories in Huntsville, Alabama and Fountain, Colorado. Currently, receiver assembly takes place in Guadalajara, Mexico and India.

Earlier satellite dishes

Dish Network's first satellite antenna was simply called the "Dish Network" Dish. It was retroactively named the "Dish 300" when legal and satellite problems forced delays of the forthcoming Dish 500 systems. It uses one LNB to obtain signals from the 119°W orbital location, and was commonly used as a second Dish to receive additional high-definition or ethnic programming from either the 148°W or 61.5°W orbital locations. The 119°W slot is one of two primary orbital locations, the other being 110°W, that provide core services.

After EchoStar obtained the broadcasting assets of a failed joint venture between ASkyB and MCI WorldCom, it had more than doubled its capacity by adding 28 transponders at the 110°W orbital location. Since EchoStar also owned the adjacent 119°W orbital location it developed the Dish 500 to receive the signals of both orbital locations using one Dish and an innovative dual-LNB assembly. Although the new 20-inch Dish 500 was slightly larger than the then-current 18-inch Dish 300 and DirecTV Dishes it had the distinct advantage of obtaining signals from EchoStar's two adjacent satellite locations for a theoretical 500-channel capacity. The Dish 500, as a result, provided very large capacity for local-into-local service, nationwide programming, and business services. In order to migrate existing customers to Dish 500, Dish Network provides value-added channels in addition to local channels that can only be received with the Dish 500 and newer systems. Some of these channels exclusive to these newer systems are History Channel International, Boomerang, The Science Channel, Planet Green, and Comedy Central.

Higher capacity satellite dishes

In spite of all this capacity, EchoStar still needed to fulfill the dream of nationwide high-definition television and conceived the Dish 1000 system to receive signals from 110°W, 119°W, and 129°W orbital locations. Originally, Dish Network high-definition subscribers required two separate satellite dishes. Currently, Dish Network subscribers can receive nationwide HDTV channels using the 129°W orbital location or 61.5°W orbital location. Because of issues with low signal strength, the older model Dish 1000 has been replaced with the Dish 1000.2. The 1000.2 has a 10% larger reflector for better signal strength and an integrated LNB for easier installation. The Dish 1000.2 is in diameter. Even with the larger size, there are still many reports of customers consistently losing signal on the 129°W orbital location. This has forced some customers to either use a 2nd separate dish network brand dish, or an aftermarket 30" dish, aimed specifically at the 129°W orbital location. On several satellite related web support forums, customers have critically suggested that the new Dish 1000.2 wasn't nearly large enough and should have been 20%-30% larger to properly deal with rain fade.

During Dish Network's quest for capacity, they had accumulated an array of satellite broadcasting technologies, orbital locations, and surplus capacity using non-mainstream technologies requiring larger Dish sizes. To capitalize on these broadcasting assets, Dish Network started providing extensive ethnic programming from lower-powered satellites broadcasting in the non-DBS portion of the FSS band. Dish Network offers specialized equipment for these customers including larger Dish antennas.

The SuperDish, Dish 500+, and Dish 1000+ systems receive DBS signals from both of the primary 110°W and 119°W locations (129°W for Dish 1000+) as well as lower-powered FSS signals from either 121°W, 105°W, or 118.75°W. The Dish 500+ and 1000+ systems receive circularly-polarized signals in the non-DBS portion of the FSS band—the only American satellite television service to do so.

Broadcast technology

While for years Dish Network has used standard MPEG-2 for broadcasting, the addition of bandwidth-intensive HDTV in a limited-bandwidth world has called for a change to an H.264/MPEG4 AVC system. Dish Network announced as of February 1, 2006, that all new HDTV channels would be available in H.264 format only, while maintaining the current lineup as MPEG-2. Dish Network intends to eventually convert the entire platform to H.264 in order to provide more channels to subscribers. In 2007, Dish Network reduced the resolution of 1080-line channels from 1920x1080 to 1440x1080. Reducing horizontal resolution and/or data rate of HD video is known as HD Lite and is practiced by other TV providers as well.

Both a standard receiver and a receiver with built-in digital video recorder (DVR) are available to subscribers. The Dish Network ViP722 HD DVR (Record up to 350 hours of standard-definition (SD), up to 55 hours of high-definition (HD) replacement to the ViP622 has received generally positive reviews from CNET and others.

Both a standard receiver and a DVR (digital video recorder) are available to subscribers for an upgrade fee. Beginning in January 2010, Dish Network charges $6.00 as a DVR service fee, which covers cost of licensing EPG (electronic program guide) from ''TV Guide''.

Satellite fleet

Most of the satellites used by Dish Network are owned and operated by Echostar Corporation. Since EchoStar frequently moves satellites among its many orbiting slots this list may not be immediately accurate. Refer to Lyngsat and Dish Channel Chart for detailed satellite information. Location (Degrees West) 61.5 61.5 61.5 72.7 77 77 77 77 110 110 118.75 119 119 121 129 Deorbited from 148

+ Dish Network Satellites
!Satellite	|	Launched	Type	Notes
EchoStar XV	|			Continental_United_States#CONUS.2FOCONUS>CONUS only satellite.
Echostar XII	|		Lockheed-Martin AS-2100	Originally known as Rainbow 1, this satellite was launched by Cablevision/Rainbow DBS and used for the Voom DBS service at 61.5° W until the satellite and transponder licenses were sold to EchoStar in 2005. Renamed EchoStar 12 in March 2006. Currently only used for spotbeam capabilities.
EchoStar III	|		Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space A2100AX	Replaced by EchoStar XV. Now serving as an in orbit spare.
Nimiq 5	|		Space Systems/Loral LS-1300	A Canadian satellite operated by Telesat Canada. Echostar leases the satellite's capacity.
EchoStar VI	|		Space Systems/Loral FS-1300	Replaces EchoStar VIII.
	|		Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) FS-1300	Formerly at 110. On January 30, 2011, the satellite experienced a single event upset and drifted out of its intended orbit, this required all services to be relocated to other available satellite capacity in the Eastern Arc. One week later some services were restored, but the satellite is expected to be taken out of service again and replaced temporarily by EchoStar VI in order to conduct further testing.
EchoStar I	|		Lockheed Martin Astro Space Series 7000 (AS-7000)	List of Dish Network channels#Dish Network Channel Lineup (Mexico)>Dish Network Mexico. EchoStar is not licensed to serve CONUS customers in the United States from this location but may transmit local stations.
EchoStar IV	|		Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space A2100AX	This satellite had a launch issue, is now in an inclined orbit and is not currently operational. It largely serves as a placeholder for EchoStar slots.
EchoStar X	|		Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space A2100AX
EchoStar XI	|		SS/L 1300
Anik F3	|		Astrium Eurostar 3000	Customers use the 36 inch Dish 500+ or Dish 1000+ to receive this non-DBS, medium-powered signal. Anik F3 is leased by EchoStar from Telesat Canada to serve CONUS customers. It broadcasts on non-DBS FSS frequencies using circular polarity (the only satellite serving the United States in this mode). It permanently replaces AMC-16 which was temporarily placed at 118.75° W due to delays in Anik F3 production. AMC-16 moved back to 85° W when Anik F3 was fully operational. A primarily international satellite with international channels once on 61.5, 121, or 148.
EchoStar VII	|		Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space A2100AX	Currently an on orbit spare. Provides Dish Network's spot beam services to the western United States, as well as Muzak programming to businesses on leased bandwidth.
Echostar XIV	|		Space Systems/Loral FS-1300	Replaced Echostar VII.
EchoStar IX/ Galaxy 23	|		Space Systems/Loral FS-1300	SuperDish>SuperDish 121 to receive this non-DBS, medium-powered signal. Satellite is jointly owned by EchoStar and Intelsat. The Ku band
[[Ciel-2	|		Thales Alenia Space Spacebus-4000C4	Replaced Echostar-V at the 129°W orbital location. Owned by Canadian Ciel Satellite Group, EchoStar leases the entire bandwidth of the Ciel-2 satellite. Provides national HD programming and HD spotbeam locals.
EchoStar V	|		Space Systems/Loral LS-1300>FS-1300	EchoStar V was moved from 110 to 129 and finally to 148. International programming at 148 has moved to Anik F3/118.75°. Locals have moved to spotbeams at other locations. The satellite was to serve as a placeholder for EchoStar at the 148 slot. The satellite was experiencing stability issues which made signal levels unstable for the short time it was located at 148. On 31 July 2009 all remaining programming at 148 ceased. Factors now indicate discontinuation of the 148 slot, at least for the short term, 3–4 years.

Criticisms and controversies

Distant network channels

Dish Network lost a court case in October 2006, and was forced to remove all out-of-market distant network channels for the ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX networks on December 1 of that year. This ruling affected all Dish Network subscribers with these channels which are outside their local area. However, these channels can still be received via All American Direct's Distant Network Package.

Telemarketing violations

Dish Network independent dealers have repeatedly been charged and fined for employing illegal telemarketing tactics, such as violating do not call lists and making calls in which a live telemarketer does not connect promptly after the call is answered. Most recently, Dish Network has moved proactively with legal action against independent dealers committing such violations. Furthermore, beginning in late 2008 and continuing as late as January 8, 2009, Dish Network has launched a campaign to terminate agreements with independent dealers regarding business practices that defraud either the customer or Dish Network itself. Press releases have been issued just about monthly with a new list of dealers who have been terminated from their association with Dish Network. Despite this, in March 2009 the Federal Trade Commission charged Dish Network and two of its dealers with multiple violations of the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991.

Fee disclosures

In 2004, thirteen states charged that Echostar, parent company of Dish Network, had not disclosed termination fees to potential customers and had debited customers' bank accounts for hidden fees. The company settled the lawsuit, paid $5 million, and promised to disclose all terms prior to signing contracts with potential customers.

Programming disagreements

Dish Network has had a lengthy history of programming disagreements.

Dish Network began negotiations with GTN (Gay Television Network) to carry the channel. GTN sent out a press release on February 2, 2001, announcing its launch and that its channel would be carried by Dish Network. Dish Network responded by denying that any contract had been signed and that the press release was premature. The president of GTN responded by calling Dish Network "homophobic". In April 2002, Dish Network signed a contract to carry GTN, renamed to Triangle Television Network, then Q Television Network. Dish Network now offers the Logo channel (HD only) in an add-on package (Platinum HD) along with 10 other HD channels for a $10 monthy fee.

Dish Network has recently been in several disputes in some markets to carry their local channels.

CBS/Viacom

In early 2004, CBS/Viacom has pulled its networks and local channels from Dish Network including channels from MTV Networks (MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1, etc.), BET, as well as 10 CBS O&O; stations after talks with them and Echostar broke down. The blackout only lasted for 2 days after both parties reached a deal.

ESPN lawsuit

On August 4, 2009 Dish Network sued ESPN for $1 million in a federal lawsuit, alleging that it had breached its contract by not extending the same carriage terms the programmer provided to Comcast and DirecTV for ESPNU and ESPN Classic. The lawsuit claims ESPN violated the "Most Favored Nations" clause.

The next day, ESPN announced they will fight the lawsuit and said in a press release: "We have repeatedly advised Dish that we are in full compliance with our agreement and have offered them a distribution opportunity with respect to ESPNU and ESPN Classic consistent with the rest of the industry. We will not renegotiate settled contracts and will vigorously defend this legal action, the apparent sole purpose of which is to get a better deal."

Dish Network moved ESPNU from its "America's Top 250" package to its "America's Top 120" package on September 30, 2009. However they claim it has nothing to do with the lawsuit.

On June 22, 2010, The Walt Disney Company (owner of ESPN) pulled ESPNews HD, Disney Channel HD, Disney XD HD and ABC Family HD from the Dish Network channel list although the standard definition channels remained.

The Weather Channel

On May 20, 2010, Dish Network announced that it was dropping The Weather Channel at midnight ET that day in favor of its own similar weather information channel, The Weather Cast. The switch was due to high rates that the Weather Channel demanded Dish Network to pay (the Weather Channel requested a rate increase from 11 cents per subscriber per month to 12 cents. As of May 24, The Weather Channel stated that it had come to an agreement with Dish Network that would result in Dish carrying The Weather Channel for the next several years. Despite the earlier announcement that The Weather Channel would be dropped, the channel was never officially removed from Dish Network. The Weather Cast was discontinued in anticipation of a Weatherscan-based service that would provide local weather information for Dish Network customers. The financial terms of the deal remain undisclosed at this time.

Fox Dispute

On October 1, 2010, Dish Network lost FX, National Geographic Channel, and regional FSN channels due to a dispute with Fox. The dispute stems from what Dish Network calls an "unprecedented increase" in Fox's asking price, Fox on the other hand claims that they are simply asking for fair compensation for their channels. The rate dispute of FOX networks has abandoned DISH Network's viewers access to 19 FOX Regional Sports Networks and to even some other programming. Dave Shull, senior vice president of Programming for DISH Network has said "DISH Network is not going to allow FOX or any programmer to bully our customers into paying such an unconscionable price increase. FOX has a long history of trying to shake down pay TV providers, including Cablevision, Time Warner, and Bright House." The network is additionally negotiating for their O&O; Fox stations, and is also acting as negotiator in lieu of Local TV LLC for their affiliates which were formerly owned by the network. However, both parties came to a long-term agreement on October 29, restoring FX, National Geographic Channel, and FSN regional networks, plus viewers will continue to see programming from local Fox & MyNetworkTV O&O; channels for years to come. Financial terms are undisclosed at this time.

MSG Network Dispute

On October 1, 2010, Dish Network subscribers lost the MSG and MSG+ regional sports networks due to a dispute with Madison Square Garden, Inc. MSG is linking carriage of these networks to their sister-network Fuse which was replaced with Palladia earlier this year."

Belo Corp.

It was announced on October 29 that Belo Corporation and Dish Network are currently in a carriage dispute regarding rates. ABC affiliates WFAA in Dallas, Texas, KVUE in Austin, Texas, CBS affiliates KHOU in Houston, Texas, WWL-TV in New Orleans, Louisiana, Fox affiliate KMSB in Tucson, Arizona and 10 other local stations are affected. Two days later, both Belo and Dish reached an agreement, avoiding a service interruption. Belo had offered Dish an extension while negotiations were taking place. Had there been no agreement made by October 31 at Midnight (all time zones), Belo would have pulled these channels from Dish Network. If the Fox Networks dispute would've continued throughout that time period, this combination would've created the biggest blow to Dish Network customers since Echostar's disagreement with CBS/Viacom in 2004.

SportsNet New York (SNY)

On April 1, 2011, Dish Network pulled SportsNet New York (which broadcasts New York Mets games) from its channel lineup due to a carriage dispute. As a result, Dish becomes the only satellite provider not to carry any Regional Sports Networks in the New York area.

Inspiration Network (INSP)

On August 9, 2011, Dish Network pulled INSP from its channel lineup asking 10 million to continue broadcasting this channel.

Management

Charles Ergen, Founder, Chairman, President and CEO

Amir Ahmed, Senior Vice President, Sales

Ira Bahr, Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer

W. Erik Carlson, Executive Vice President, Operations

Thomas A Cullen, Executive Vice President, Programming, Sales and Marketing

James DeFranco, Executive Vice President, Sales & Distribution

R. Stanton Dodge, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Bernard L. Han, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Michael Kelly, Executive Vice President, Commercial and Business Services

Roger J. Lynch, Executive Vice President, Advanced Technologies

Robert E. Olson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

David Shull, Senior Vice President, Programming

Stephen W. Wood, Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer

Authorized Dish Network retailers

Authorized Dish Network retailers are subdivided into regions they service: local and national. Local authorized direct broadcast satellite retailers are numerous, but only service a limited geographic range. National authorized Dish retailers service consumers in multiple localities across the U.S. and include, but are not limited to, providers such as Sterling Satellite, Dish Pronto, US Dish, Infinity Dish, and VMC Satellite.

See also

Dish Network Mexico

Dish Network Canada, now called ''Bell TV''

List of Dish Network channels in the United States

List of United States cable and satellite television networks

Local channel availability on Dish Network and DirecTV

Wikibooks:VIP 922/Dish Network

References

External links

Dish Network Mexico

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name	Deep Dish
background	group_or_band
origin	Washington, D.C., USA
genre	ElectronicaTechnoHouse
years active	1992–Present (on hiatus)
label	Yoshitoshi RecordsdeConstruction/Arista/BMG Records
website	http://www.deepdish.com
current members	Ali Dubfire ShiraziniaSharam Tayebi
past members	}}

Deep Dish is a duo of DJs and house-music producers consisting of Iranian-American members Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. Based in Washington, D.C., Shirazinia and Tayebi are well known for providing house or dance remixes of tracks of famous stars such as Madonna, Cher and Gabrielle, and for their live DJing sets. They often collaborate with DC artist Richard Morel and produced a dance hit with his song "True (The Faggot is You)". Their remixing abilities first came to attention with their seminal 1995 remix of De'Lacy's "Hideaway," a club classic. Other collaborations include "The Future of the Future (Stay Gold)" with British group Everything But the Girl, which appeared on Deep Dish's artist album ''Junk Science'', which was released in 1998.

History

The duo first met in DC around 1991 when they were accidentally double-booked at a club. Soon after, they formed Deep Dish Records and their work captured the attention of Danny Tenaglia and TRIBAL America Records, which put out the duo's first progressive-house compilation, ''Penetrate Deeper'', in 1995. Over the years the duo has released a number of genre-defining mixed CDs. However, what catapulted Deep Dish to prominence was the release of its debut album, ''Junk Science'', released on the now-defunct UK label deConstruction and a dismal US release through Arista/BMG Records.

Deep Dish have remixed tracks by artists such as Dido ("Thank You" and "Stoned") and the collaboration between Timo Maas and Kelis ("Help Me"). The duo won a Grammy Award for their "Thank You" remix. Deep Dish have also collaborated with Danny Howells to remix the Eminem track "Without Me" (as a bootleg). In July 2005, their second artist album, ''George Is On'', was released. It featured their Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart hit "Flashdance" (which features Anousheh Khalili) (also their biggest UK hit, peaking at number 3), as well as a remake of the classic Fleetwood Mac song "Dreams", for which Stevie Nicks provided new vocals. "Say Hello", the second single released from the album, hit number one on the dance chart in September 2005, becoming their second dance chart-topper (their first being the collaboration with Everything But the Girl in 1998). They also made a successful remix of Justin Timberlake's song "Like I Love You" back in 2003. Although it only charted in the US, it was even more successful than the original version of the song (which only charted at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100) and became their very first #1 in the US, which propelled them to popularity in a country where they had never previously had any chart placing at all: indeed it was only the fourth song (and the fourth chart anywhere that they had had a single in) that had charted anywhere.

In 2005 the film ''It's All Gone Pete Tong'' included Raul Rincon's remix of "Flashdance". Deep Dish has appeared as the featured artist on the BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix on several occasions. Their most recent appearances took place in 2008, on the 28th of March, when their set from the Winter Music Conference was broadcast live on the show. Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia was featured on the Essential Mix in September 2007. Deep Dish is also well-known for their progressive house compilation albums in the famed Global Underground series. The latest Global Underground album, by Dubfire, was released in April 2007.

They also own and run dance music record labels ''Deep Dish'', ''Yoshitoshi'' Shinichi, and ''Yo''. In addition, they owned and operated a retail store (also named ''Yoshitoshi'') in the Georgetown area of DC, which sold dance records and clothing. The store closed in 2003, although their labels continue to release music, mostly on the 12 inch single vinyl format.

In August 2009, Sharam was featured on the Essential Mix and his mix was subsequently voted the best of 2009.

Discography

Albums

1998 ''Junk Science''

2005 ''George Is On''

Singles/EPs

1994 "Chocolate City (Love Songs)"

1994 "High Frequency" (Pres. Quench)

1994 "The Dream" (Pres. Prana)

1995 "Sexy Dance" (Pres. Quench DC)

1995 "Come Back" (Pres. DC Deepressed)

1995 "Wear The Hat"

1996 "Stay Gold"

1997 "Stranded"

1998 "Stranded (In Dub)"

1998 "The Future of the Future (Stay Gold)" (with Everything But The Girl)

1999 "Mohammad Is Jesus…"

1999 "Summer's Over"

2003 "Global Underground: Toronto'' [12" Single]

2004 "Flashdance"

2005 "Say Hello"

2006 "Sacramento"

2006 "Dreams" (with Stevie Nicks)

2007 "Come Back"

"Be the Change", an eclectic musical work dedicated to Anousheh Ansari's space flight as she became the world's first female private space traveler

DJ mixes

1995 ''Penetrate Deeper''

1995 ''Undisputed''

1996 ''DJ's Take Control, Vol. 3''

1997 ''Cream Separates''

1999 ''Yoshiesque''

2000 ''Renaissance Ibiza''

2001 ''Global Underground: Moscow''

2001 ''Yoshiesque, Vol. 2''

2003 ''Global Underground: Toronto''

2006 ''Global Underground: Dubai (by Sharam)''

2007 ''Global Underground: Taipei (by Dubfire)''

Productions

1992 Hex - Tricky Jazz

1996 Alcatraz - Give Me Luv

2002 Timo Maas - Help Me

2003 Various Artists - Slip 'N' Slide Ibiza 2

Co-productions

1996 The Unknown Factor - The Basic Factor Album

Remixes

1993 Scottie Deep featuring Toni Williams - Soul Searchin'

1993 Naomi Daniel - Feel The Fire

1993 Angela Marni - Slippin' & Slidin'

1993 BT - Relativity

1994 Elastic Reality - Cassa De X

1994 Prana - The Dream

1994 Joi Cardwell - Trouble

1994 Gena Bess - How Hard I Search

1994 BT - The Moment Of Truth

1994 Scott Taylor - Don't Turn Your Back On Me

1995 Janet Jackson - When I Think Of You

1995 The Shamen - Transamazonia

1995 Quench - Sexy Dance

1995 Ashley Beedle - Revolutions In Dub

1995 De'Lacy - Hideaway

1995 Dajae - Day By Day

1995 Paula Abdul - Crazy Cool

1995 e-N - The Horn Ride

1995 Gusto - Disco's Revenge

1995 Swing 52 - Color Of My Skin

1996 Everything But the Girl - Wrong

1996 The Beloved - Three Steps To Heaven

1996 Global Communication - The Deep

1996 Aquarythm - Ether's Whisper

1996 Pet Shop Boys - Se A Vida É (That's The Way Life Is)

1996 Lisa Moorish - Mr. Friday Night

1996 Sandy B - Make The World Go Round

1996 All-Star Madness - Magic

1996 De'Lacy - That Look

1996 Victor Romeo - Love Will Find a Way

1996 Dangerous Minds - Live In Unity

1996 Dished-Out Bums - Lost In Space

1996 Kristine W - Land Of The Living

1996 Tina Turner - In Your Wildest Dreams

1996 Alcatraz - Giv Me Luv

1996 BT featuring Tori Amos - Blue Skies

1997 D-Note - Waiting Hopefully

1997 Adam F - Music In My Mind

1997 Sandy B - Ain't No Need To Hide

1997 Olive - Miracle

1997 Michael Jackson - Is It Scary

1998 Love and Rockets - Resurrection Hex

1998 Danny Tenaglia featuring Celeda - Music Is the Answer

1998 Eddie Amador - House Music

1998 DJ Rap - Good To Be Alive

1998 16B - Falling

1998 The Rolling Stones - Saint Of Me

1999 Brother Brown Featuring Frank'ee - Under The Water

1999 Eddie Amador - Rise

1999 Billie Ray Martin - Honey

1999 Slipknot - (Sic)

1999 J.D. Braithwaite - Give Me the Night

1999 Beth Orton - Central Reservation

2000 Amber - Sexual (Li Da De)

2000 Madonna - Music

2000 Gabrielle - Rise

2000 Morel - True (The Faggot Is You)

2000 Sven Vath - Barbarella

2000 Dusted - Always Remember To Respect and Honour Your Mother - Part One

2001 Dido - Thank You

2001 iiO - Rapture

2001 *NSYNC - Pop

2001 Planet Funk - Inside All the People

2001 Delerium - Innocente

2001 Depeche Mode - Freelove

2002 Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You

2002 Timo Maas featuring Kelis - Help Me

2002 Beenie Man featuring Janet - Feel It Boy

2002 Elisa - Come Speak To Me

2003 Dido - Stoned

2003 Whatever, Girl - Activator

2003 P. Diddy - Let's Get Ill

2004 Louie Vega & Jay 'Sinister' Sealée Feat. Julie McKnight - Diamond Life

2005 David Guetta - The World Is Mine

2005 Paul van Dyk - The Other Side

2006 Coldplay - Clocks

Chart positions

Year

Singles

Chart positions

Hot Dance Club Play>USA

!CHE

Dutch Top 40>NL

UK Singles Chart>UK

!BEL

!FIN

!IRE

!GER

!ITA

Canadian Hot 100>CAN

!GRE

!AUS

!FRA

!AUT

1996

"Stay Gold"

1997

"Stranded"

1998

"The Future of the Future (Stay Gold)" (with Everything But The Girl)

2003

"Like I Love You (Deep Dish Zig Zag Remix)" (with Justin Timberlake)

2004

2004

"Flashdance"

2005

"Say Hello"

2005

"Sacramento"

2005

"Flashing For Money" (with Dire Straits)

2006

"Dreams" (with Stevie Nicks)

2006

"PATT (Party All The Time)" (by Sharam)

Awards

Won

International Dance Music Award 2005 for Best House/Garage Track "Say Hello", Best Progressive/Trance Track "Say Hello" and Ortofon Best American DJ Award

International Dance Music Awards 2005 for Best Underground Dance Track for "Flashdance"

DanceStar USA Award 2004 for Best Compilation (US Releases) for Deep Dish - GU 025: Toronto and Best DJ

Ibiza DJ Award 2004 for Best Set of the Season

DanceStar USA Award 2002 Best Compilation for Deep Dish - GU 021: Moscow

Grammy Award 2002 "Best Remixed Recording" for Dido's "Thank You"

"Hot Duo", ''Rolling Stone'', August 2001

''Muzik Magazine'' SAS Award 1998 "Best International DJ"

Nominations

WMC Best American DJ, 2008

DJ Awards for Best Tech-House / Progressive DJ, 2006

Grammy Award 2005 "Best Dance Recording" for Deep Dish's "Say Hello"

DanceStar USA Award 2004 for Best Remix (Worldwide DJ's) for P. Diddy's "Let's Get Ill" (Deep Dish Remix) (Bad Boy)

DJ Awards for Best House DJ, 2003

DanceStar USA Award 2003 Party 93.1 FM Award for Best Remix for Justin Timberlake's "Like I Love You" (Deep Dish remix) (Jive)

Grammy Award 2001 "Remixer of The Year" (NonClassical)

Other rankings

Number 1 in the "Best Progressive DJ" category of ''BPM'' magazine's 2006 "America's Favorite DJ's" poll

Number 2 in the "Best Dance/DJ Artist" category by the critics of ''Rolling Stone'' for their music awards of 2001

Number 10 in ''DJ Magazine''s World's Top 100 DJ's reader's poll for 2006, number 8 for 2005, number 10 for 2004, number 9 for 2003, number 16 in 2002, and number 10 in 2001

Number 5 out of 50 of America's Favorite DJ's in ''BPM'' in 2005, number 12 in 2004 and number 9 in 2003 and 2002

References

External links

Official website

[ Profile in Allmusic]

Deep Dish tracklisting archive

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name	Maksim Chmerkovskiy
birth date	January 17, 1980
birth place	Odessa, Ukraine (former Soviet Union)
birthname	Maksim Aleksandrovich Chmerkovskiy
occupation	DancerChoreographerInstructor }}

Maksim Aleksandrovich Chmerkovskiy (, ''Maksym Oleksándrovych Čmerkovsʹkyj'', ; ; born January 17, 1980) is a Latin Ballroom dance champion, choreographer, and instructor. He is best known as one of the professional dancers on the American television series ''Dancing With The Stars'', on which he first appeared in season two. He most recently partnered with actress Kirstie Alley. On May 24, they were announced as the runners-up. He is also known for appearing on the reality show "Holostiak," a Ukrainian version of "The Bachelor."

Early life

Born on January 17, 1980, in Odessa to Aleksandr and Larisa Chmerkovskiy, he began dancing at the age of four. His brother, Valentin Chmerkovskiy, is also a champion dancer.

The challenges of immigration for Chmerkovskiy and his family included financial and language barriers. A skiing accident as a child broke Chmerkovskiy's right leg. Doctors informed him that there would be difficulties with his leg and that dancing might not be possible. He made a successful recovery and went on to become a professional Latin Ballroom dancer.

Chmerkovskiy owns four dance studios in the New York City area, one of which is the Rising Stars Dance Academy (RSDA). The other three studios are social dance studios located in Ridgefield, New Jersey, and Glen Head, New York, as well as the Soho neighborhood of Manhattan. He has been a resident of Edgewater, New Jersey.

Chmerkovskiy is one of the creators and directors of Dance Team USA, a non-profit educational and charitable organization dedicated to recruiting, supporting, and training future DanceSport participants. This sport is particularly popular with Eastern European families. Through his company Maksim Chmerkovskiy Productions, he organizes performances globally.

A ballroom and DanceSport choreographer, among his professional works is the Wynn Las Vegas's water-based show ''Le Rêve''. He implemented ballroom-inspired numbers in the Franco Dragone production.

''Superstars''

Chmerkovskiy and freestyle skier Kristi Leskinen won the 2009 edition of ''Superstars''.

Dancing With The Stars

Chmerkovskiy first appeared in the 2nd season of the ABC series ''Dancing With the Stars'' partnered with actress Tia Carrere. They finished in sixth place. The following season, he and partner singer Willa Ford came in seventh place. Chmerkovskiy returned to ''Dancing With the Stars'' in March 2007 for Season 4, this time partnered with boxer Laila Ali, the daughter of Muhammad Ali. They made it to the finals and finished in third place. In Season 5 of ''Dancing With the Stars'', he was partnered with Mel B and had his best finish to date; the couple received second place. Chmerkovskiy did not participate in Season 6, although he and former partner Mel B made an appearance for the 100th episode.

He returned for the show's 7th season, this time paired with two-time Olympic volleyball gold medalist, Misty May-Treanor. Chmerkovskiy and May-Treanor were forced to withdraw from the competition in Week 4 on October 6, 2008. During a practice for their jive, May-Treanor ruptured her Achilles tendon and required surgery. Her withdrawal gave them a finish in tenth place.

On February 9, 2009, on ''Good Morning America'' it was announced that he would be paired with Denise Richards for the eighth season of ''Dancing With the Stars''. They were eliminated second in the competition, on March 24, 2009, giving the pair a finish of 12th place. In the ninth season, he was paired with actress Debi Mazar, during which they were eliminated 4th. In season 10, Chmerkovskiy, returning for his 8th season, was partnered with Erin Andrews. They ended up coming in 3rd place during the two hour finale on May 25, 2010.

For season 11, Chmerkovskiy partnered with singer and actress, Brandy. They made it to the semi-finals but were eliminated on November 16, 2010, giving them a 4th place finish. For Season 12, he was paired with actress, Kirstie Alley. On week 3, his leg gave out causing the couple to fall, earning 21 out of 30. The next week, Alley's shoe fell off during their routine. Judge Carrie Ann Inaba called Alley ''The Queen of the Unexpected Mishap''; they earned 22 out of a possible score of 30. They made it to the finals and finished in second place.

! Season	! Partner	! Place
1	None	N/A
2	Tia Carrere	6th
3	Willa Ford	7th
4	Laila Ali	3rd
5	Mel B
6	None	N/A
7	Misty May-Treanor
8	Denise Richards
9	Debi Mazar
10	Erin Andrews	3rd
11		4th
12	Kirstie Alley	Runner up

Performances

With celebrity partner Mel B 27.6

rowspan="2"	Week #
	style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Cha Cha Cha/ "A Deeper Love"
	2		Quickstep/ "Take on Me"		7		8		8		Safe
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	style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"
	style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"
	style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Rumba/ "A Woman's Worth"Rock N' Roll/ "Rockin' Robin"
	7		Foxtrot/ "Jimmy Mack"Paso Doble/ "Free Your Mind"		810		810		810
	style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Tango/ "Personal Jesus"Mambo/ "Mambo Jambo"
	style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"
	style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Cha cha cha/ "Car Wash"Freestyle/ "The Way I Are" Mambo/ "Mambo Jambo"

With celebrity partner Misty May-Treanor

rowspan="2"	Week #
		Foxtrot/"This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)"		6		8
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May-Treanor was forced to withdraw before Week 3 due to injury.

With celebrity partner Denise Richards

rowspan="2"	Week #
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	2		Quickstep/"We Go Together"		7		7		7		Safe
	3		Samba/"Take a Picture"		5		6		5

With celebrity partner Debi Mazar

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With celebrity partner Erin Andrews

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Week # ! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Dance/Song ! colspan="3" style="background:#ccc;"|Judges' score ! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Result |- style="background:#ccc;" | style="width:10%;"|Inaba | style="width:10%;"|Goodman | style="width:10%;"|Tonioli |- |1 |Cha-Cha-Cha/"TiK ToK" |7 |7 |7 |No elimination |- |2 |Foxtrot/"Love Story" |8 |7 |8 |Safe |- |3 |Waltz/"See The Day" |8 |7 |8 |Safe |- |rowspan=2|4 |Tango/"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Technique |6 |6 |6 |rowspan=2|Safe |- |Tango/"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Performance |7 |7 |7 |- |5 |Jive/"You Never Can Tell" - from Pulp Fiction |7 |7 |8 |Safe |- |rowspan=2|6 |Samba/"When I Get You Alone" |9 |7 |9 |rowspan=2|Safe |- |Swing Marathon/"In the Mood" |colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | 9 |- |rowspan=2|7 |Quickstep/"Dancing Fool" |9 |9 |9 |rowspan=2|Bottom 2 |- |Cha-Cha-Challenge (Team Madonna)/ "Holiday" |8 |8 |8 |- |rowspan=2|8 |Argentine Tango/"Una Música Brutal" |9 |10 |9 |rowspan=2|Safe |- |Rumba/"Missing You" |8 |8 |9 |- |rowspan=2|9 |Viennese Waltz/ "February Song" |9 |9 |9 |rowspan=2|Last to be called safe |- |Paso Doble/"U Got the Look" |10 |9 |10 |- |rowspan=2|10 Night 1 |Samba/"Mi Swing Es Tropical" |10 |10 |9 |rowspan=2|No Elimination |- |Freestyle/"Alone" |9 |8 |9 |- |rowspan=2|10 Night 2 |Argentine Tango/"Una Música Brutal" |colspan="3" style="text-align: center;"| 26 |rowspan=2|Third Place |}

With celebrity partner Brandy

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Week # ! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Dance/Song ! colspan="3" style="background:#ccc;"|Judges' score ! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Result |- style="background:#ccc;" | style="width:10%;"|Inaba | style="width:10%;"|Goodman | style="width:10%;"|Tonioli |- |1 |Viennese Waltz/ "Cry Me Out" |7 |8 |8 |Safe |- |2 |Jive/"Magic" |7 |7 |7 |Safe |- |3 |Samba/"Put it in a Love Song" |8 |8 |8 |Safe |- |rowspan=2|4 |Rumba/"This Woman's Work" - Technique |7 |8 |7 |rowspan=2|Safe |- |Rumba/"This Woman's Work" - Performance |9 |8 |9 |- |5 |Quickstep/"I'll Be There for You" |9 |9 |9 |Safe |- |rowspan=2|6 |Tango/"Holding Out for a Hero" |8 |9 |9 |rowspan=2|Safe |- |Rock 'n Roll Marathon/"La Grange" |colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | 10 |- |rowspan=2|7 |Cha-Cha-Challenge (Team Apolo)/ "Bust a Move" |9 |9 |9 |rowspan=2|Safe |- |Foxtrot/"Fever" |9 |10 |9 |- |rowspan=2|8 |Waltz/"Dark Waltz" |9 |10 |10 |rowspan=2|Last to be called Safe |- |Cha-Cha-Cha/"Teenage Dream" |9 |9 |10 |- |rowspan=2|9 |Paso Doble/"Firework" |9 |9 |9 |rowspan=2|Eliminated |- |Argentine Tango/"Taquito Militar" |10 |10 |10 |}

With celebrity partner Kirstie Alley

rowspan="2"	Week #
	1		Cha Cha Cha/ "Forget You"		8		7		8		No Elimination
	2		Quickstep/ "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"		7		6		7		Safe
	3		Rumba/ "Over the Rainbow"		7		7		7		Safe
	4		Waltz/ "The Flower Duet"		7		7		8		Safe
	5		Foxtrot/ "American Woman"		8		7		8		Safe
	6		Samba/ "Hit Me, Baby, One More Time"		8		9		9		Safe
	7		Cha-cha-cha/ "We R Who We R" (Cha-cha-cha challenge)		7		8		8		Safe
	7		Jive/ "La Bamba"		7		6		8		Safe
	8		Argentine Tango/ "Cite Tango"		9		9		10		Safe
	8		Salsa/ "Cobrastyle" (Instant Dance)		8		9		8		Safe
	9		Viennese Waltz/ "One and Only"		9		9		9		Safe
	10		Samba/ "Magalenha"		9		9		9		Runner-Up
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	10		Cha Cha Cha/ "Forget You"		10		10		10

Dancing titles

2005 Yankee Classic Professional Latin Champion

2005 Blackpool Dance Festival Semi-Finalist

2004 Manhattan Dancesport Professional Latin Champion

2004 Nevada Star Ball Champion

2004 World Masters Finalist

2004 Moscow Kremlin Cup Finalist

2004 Philadelphia Dancesport Festival Champion

2003 All England Champion

2003 Ohio Star Ball Latin Champion

2003 La Classique du Quebec Champion

References

External links

Official Maksim Chmerkovskiy web site

Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:Ukrainian ballroom dancers Category:People from Edgewater, New Jersey Category:People from Odessa Category:Ukrainian expatriates in the United States Category:American people of Ukrainian descent

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