As always, customers will need a new dish and receiver to get the ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox channels.

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To acquire more customers, Dish sells receiver equipment at subsidized rates and also offers free installation leading to increasing costs.

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Getting a satellite signal out of Perth, for instance, can involve lying prostrate on the ground in the public park next to the CBD with a receiver dish in one hand and a microphone in the other, a bodily feat that requires the kind of physical contortions that might test a Byron Bay yoga instructor.

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Dish also sells digital TV receiver equipment, some with HD and DVR features, to its customers and third-party retailers.

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One more product pick we recently came across that can enable die-hard football fans to catch multiple games on the go is the Dish Network Tailgater Portable Satellite Antenna and ViP 211k receiver.

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