Fairfax, VA, (January 6, 2003)- VMC Satellite, Inc. announced today that its suite of satellite television websites passed the 20 million visitor milestone during January, 2003.

VMC Satellite, Inc. is the largest independently owned DISH Network/Echostar retailer. The company owns and operates several hundred Internet domains, including www.satellite.com and www.vmcsatellite.com, the highest ranked satellite TV retailer website in the world. (Rankings can be obtained by visiting www.Alexa.com.)

Visitors to www.vmcsatellite.com can receive FREE Installation of a DISH Network Satellite TV system with no equipment to buy. DISH Network currently offers over 256 channels of available programming using an all digital Television signal.

VMC Satellite, Inc. (www.vmcsatellite.com) is currently responsible for over 2% of Echostar's new subscribers and is the only company selected by the United States Government to install satellite TV service in Congress.