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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;22, 2009
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#091;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>&#093;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE<BR>
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>DISH NETWORK CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Nevada</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>88-0336997</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">9601 S. Meridian Blvd.<BR>
Englewood, Colorado 80112<BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>DISH Network Corporation 2009 Stock Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of Plans)<BR>
<B>R. Stanton Dodge<BR>
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
DISH Network Corporation<BR>
9601 S. Meridian Blvd.<BR>
Englewood, Colorado 80112<BR>
(303)&nbsp;723-1000</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#120;</FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Smaller reporting company <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Aggregate</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Per Share(2)</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Class&nbsp;A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" nowrap>80,000,000 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$16.62</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$1,329,600,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$74,191.68</TD>
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    <TD>80,000,000 shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share,
of DISH Network Corporation, a Nevada corporation (&#147;Shares&#148;), are
being registered hereunder. Such number of Shares represents the
aggregate number of Shares issuable pursuant to the 2009 Stock
Incentive Plan (the &#147;Stock Plan&#148;) of DISH Network Corporation (the
&#147;Registrant&#148;). Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), the amount
registered hereunder includes an indeterminate number of Shares that
may be issued in accordance with the provisions of the Stock Plan in
connection with any anti-dilution provisions or in the event of any
change in the outstanding Shares, including any stock split, stock
dividend, recapitalization or other similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>The price is estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee and is $16.62, the average of the high and low prices
of the Company&#146;s common shares as reported by the NASDAQ Global Select
Market on May&nbsp;18, 2009.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">POWER OF ATTORNEY</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#013">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d67874exv5w1.htm">EX-5.1</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d67874exv23w2.htm">EX-23.2</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Information required by Item&nbsp;1 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
this Registration Statement in accordance with the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Information required by Item&nbsp;2 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
this Registration Statement in accordance with the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, which have heretofore been filed by the Registrant with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<U>SEC</U>&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &#147;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#148;), are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2009;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March&nbsp;31, 2009 and April&nbsp;27, 2009; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, declared effective June&nbsp;20, 1995 by the SEC, pursuant to
Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and prior to
such time as the Registrant files a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement on Form
S-8 that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold, or which deregisters all such
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be
a part hereof from the date of filing such reports and documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently-filed document that also is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the securities being registered hereunder is being passed upon for the
Registrant by R. Stanton Dodge. As of May&nbsp;20, 2009, Mr.&nbsp;Dodge owned, directly and indirectly,
92,631 shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock which includes the right to acquire 90,000 additional shares
of the Registrant&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Stock within 60&nbsp;days of May&nbsp;20, 2009.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The consolidated financial statements of the Registrant as of December&nbsp;31, 2008 and 2007, and
for each of the years in the three-year period ended December&nbsp;31, 2008, and management&#146;s assessment
of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December&nbsp;31, 2008, have
been incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the reports of KPMG LLP, independent
registered public accounting firm, incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of said
firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As discussed in note 2 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements, effective
January&nbsp;1, 2007, the registrant adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No.&nbsp;48,
<I>Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes</I>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chapter&nbsp;78.7502(1) of the Nevada Revised Statutes allows the Registrant to indemnify any
person made or threatened to be made a party to any action (except an action by or in the right of
the Registrant, a &#147;derivative action&#148;), by reason of the fact that he is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, against expenses including
attorneys&#146; fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by him in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he acted in a good faith manner which
he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, and, with
respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. Under chapter 78.7502(2), a similar standard of
care applies to derivative actions, except that indemnification is limited solely to expenses
(including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of the action and
court approval of the indemnification is required where the person is seeking advance payment of
indemnifiable expenses prior to final disposition of the proceeding in question. Under chapter
78.751, decisions as to the payment of indemnification are made by a majority of the Board of
Directors at a meeting at which quorum of disinterested director is present, or by written opinion
of special legal counsel, or by the stockholders.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Provisions relating to liability and indemnification of officers and directors of the
Registrant for acts by such officers and directors are contained in Article&nbsp;IX of the Amended and
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 hereto, and Article&nbsp;IX of the
Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws, Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 hereto, which are incorporated by reference. These provisions
state, among other things, that, consistent with and to the extent allowable under Nevada law, and
upon the decision of a disinterested majority of the Registrant&#146;s Board of Directors, or a written
opinion of outside legal counsel, or the Registrant&#146;s stockholders: (1)&nbsp;the Registrant shall
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative and whether formal or informal (other than an action by or in the right of the
Registrant) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or
agent of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director,
employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding, if he conducted himself in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, and with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; and (2)
the Registrant shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Registrant to
procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer,
employee, fiduciary or agent of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the
Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Registrant and except that no indemnification shall be made in
respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have adjudged to be liable for
negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the Registrant unless and only to the
extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application
that despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all circumstances of the case, such
person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court shall deem
proper.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Index to Exhibits attached hereto.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
</TR>

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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would
not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation
of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in the Registration Statement;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(A)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-8, and the</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #textcolor#; background: #bgcolor#">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by these paragraphs
is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement.</TD>
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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered that remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s Annual Report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Englewood, State of Colorado, on May&nbsp;22, 2009.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>DISH NETWORK CORPORATION</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">By</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ R. Stanton Dodge

&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">R. Stanton Dodge&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints R. Stanton Dodge as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent of the undersigned,
with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the
undersigned, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including without
limitation, post-effective amendments) or supplements thereto and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and hereby grants unto the attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith
as fully as to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, thereby
ratifying and confirming all that the attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="46%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="37%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000">Date</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Charles W. Ergen
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Charles W. Ergen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>May 22, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Robert E. Olson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert E.  Olson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 22, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ James DeFranco
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James DeFranco</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director and Executive Vice President
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 22, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ David K. Moskowitz
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David K. Moskowitz</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director and Senior Advisor
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 22, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Carl E. Vogel
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Carl E. Vogel</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director and Senior Advisor
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 22, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Cantey Ergen
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Cantey Ergen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 22, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Steven R. Goodbarn
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Steven R. Goodbarn</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 22, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Gary S. Howard
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gary S. Howard</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 22, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Tom A. Ortolf
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Tom A. Ortolf</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 22, 2009</TD>
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    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="93%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Description</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1(a) on the Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q of the Registrant
for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2003, Commission File No.&nbsp;0-26176) as amended by
the Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Annex 1 on the Definitive Information Statement on
Schedule&nbsp;14C filed on December&nbsp;31, 2007, Commission File No.&nbsp;0-26176).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 on the Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q of the Registrant for the quarter
ended March&nbsp;31, 2007, Commission File No.&nbsp;0-26176).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">DISH Network Corporation 2009 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to
Appendix&nbsp;A to the Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed on
March&nbsp;31, 2009).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of R. Stanton Dodge (opinion re: legality)*</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of R. Stanton Dodge (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto)*</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP*</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement)*</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith.</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 22, 2009
Registration No. 333-[
]
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
DISH NETWORK CORPORATION
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
Nevada
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or organization)
88-0336997
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
9601 S. Meridian Blvd.
Englewood, Colorado 80112
(Address of principal executive offices)
DISH Network Corporation 2009 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of Plans)
R. Stanton Dodge
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
DISH Network Corporation
9601 S. Meridian Blvd.
Englewood, Colorado 80112
(303) 723-1000
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Amount
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Title of Securities
to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Registration
to be Registered(1)
Registered(1)
Per Share(2)
Offering Price(2)
Fee
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
80,000,000 shares
$16.62
$1,329,600,000
$74,191.68
(1)
80,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share,
of DISH Network Corporation, a Nevada corporation ("Shares"), are
being registered hereunder. Such number of Shares represents the
aggregate number of Shares issuable pursuant to the 2009 Stock
Incentive Plan (the "Stock Plan") of DISH Network Corporation (the
"Registrant"). Pursuant to Rule 416 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the amount
registered hereunder includes an indeterminate number of Shares that
may be issued in accordance with the provisions of the Stock Plan in
connection with any anti-dilution provisions or in the event of any
change in the outstanding Shares, including any stock split, stock
dividend, recapitalization or other similar transactions.
(2)
The price is estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee and is $16.62, the average of the high and low prices
of the Company's common shares as reported by the NASDAQ Global Select
Market on May 18, 2009.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-5.1
EX-23.2
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information
Information required by Item 1 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
this Registration Statement in accordance with the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
Information required by Item 2 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
this Registration Statement in accordance with the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents, which have heretofore been filed by the Registrant with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
SEC
") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "
Exchange Act
"), are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement:
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2008;
(b) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009;
(c) The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March 31, 2009 and April 27, 2009; and
(d) The description of the Registrant's Class A Common Stock contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, declared effective June 20, 1995 by the SEC, pursuant to
Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and prior to
such time as the Registrant files a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement on Form
S-8 that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold, or which deregisters all such
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be
a part hereof from the date of filing such reports and documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently-filed document that also is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
The validity of the securities being registered hereunder is being passed upon for the
Registrant by R. Stanton Dodge. As of May 20, 2009, Mr. Dodge owned, directly and indirectly,
92,631 shares of Class A Common Stock which includes the right to acquire 90,000 additional shares
of the Registrant's Class A Common Stock within 60 days of May 20, 2009.
The consolidated financial statements of the Registrant as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and
for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2008, and management's assessment
of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, have
been incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the reports of KPMG LLP, independent
registered public accounting firm, incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of said
firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
As discussed in note 2 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements, effective
January 1, 2007, the registrant adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48,
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes
.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Chapter 78.7502(1) of the Nevada Revised Statutes allows the Registrant to indemnify any
person made or threatened to be made a party to any action (except an action by or in the right of
the Registrant, a "derivative action"), by reason of the fact that he is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, against expenses including
attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by him in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he acted in a good faith manner which
he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, and, with
respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable
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cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. Under chapter 78.7502(2), a similar standard of
care applies to derivative actions, except that indemnification is limited solely to expenses
(including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of the action and
court approval of the indemnification is required where the person is seeking advance payment of
indemnifiable expenses prior to final disposition of the proceeding in question. Under chapter
78.751, decisions as to the payment of indemnification are made by a majority of the Board of
Directors at a meeting at which quorum of disinterested director is present, or by written opinion
of special legal counsel, or by the stockholders.
Provisions relating to liability and indemnification of officers and directors of the
Registrant for acts by such officers and directors are contained in Article IX of the Amended and
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, Exhibit 4.1 hereto, and Article IX of the
Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws, Exhibit 4.2 hereto, which are incorporated by reference. These provisions
state, among other things, that, consistent with and to the extent allowable under Nevada law, and
upon the decision of a disinterested majority of the Registrant's Board of Directors, or a written
opinion of outside legal counsel, or the Registrant's stockholders: (1) the Registrant shall
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative and whether formal or informal (other than an action by or in the right of the
Registrant) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or
agent of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director,
employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding, if he conducted himself in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, and with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; and (2)
the Registrant shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Registrant to
procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer,
employee, fiduciary or agent of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the
Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Registrant and except that no indemnification shall be made in
respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have adjudged to be liable for
negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the Registrant unless and only to the
extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application
that despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all circumstances of the case, such
person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court shall deem
proper.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
See Index to Exhibits attached hereto.
Item 9. Undertakings
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would
not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation
of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement;
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that:
(A)
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-8, and the
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information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by these paragraphs
is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered that remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's Annual Report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Englewood, State of Colorado, on May 22, 2009.
DISH NETWORK CORPORATION
By
/s/ R. Stanton Dodge
Name:
R. Stanton Dodge
Title:
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints R. Stanton Dodge as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent of the undersigned,
with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the
undersigned, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including without
limitation, post-effective amendments) or supplements thereto and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and hereby grants unto the attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith
as fully as to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, thereby
ratifying and confirming all that the attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Charles W. Ergen
Charles W. Ergen
Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
May 22, 2009
/s/ Robert E. Olson
Robert E.  Olson
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
May 22, 2009
/s/ James DeFranco
James DeFranco
Director and Executive Vice President
May 22, 2009
/s/ David K. Moskowitz
David K. Moskowitz
Director and Senior Advisor
May 22, 2009
/s/ Carl E. Vogel
Carl E. Vogel
Director and Senior Advisor
May 22, 2009
/s/ Cantey Ergen
Cantey Ergen
Director
May 22, 2009
/s/ Steven R. Goodbarn
Steven R. Goodbarn
Director
May 22, 2009
/s/ Gary S. Howard
Gary S. Howard
Director
May 22, 2009
/s/ Tom A. Ortolf
Tom A. Ortolf
Director
May 22, 2009
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1(a) on the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Registrant
for the quarter ended June 30, 2003, Commission File No. 0-26176) as amended by
the Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Annex 1 on the Definitive Information Statement on
Schedule 14C filed on December 31, 2007, Commission File No. 0-26176).
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 on the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Registrant for the quarter
ended March 31, 2007, Commission File No. 0-26176).
4.3
DISH Network Corporation 2009 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to
Appendix A to the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on
March 31, 2009).
5.1
Opinion of R. Stanton Dodge (opinion re: legality)*
23.1
Consent of R. Stanton Dodge (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)*
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP*
24
Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement)*
*
Filed herewith.
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