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| FORM 4 | U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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[X] Check this box if
no longer subject STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
obligations may Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
continue. See Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Instruction 1(b). Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
News America Incorporated(1)
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
1211 Avenue of the Americas
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(Street)
New York, New York 10036
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(City) (State) (Zip)
EchoStar Communications
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Corp. (DSH)
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity
(voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year 8/01
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
___ Director ___ Officer _X_ 10% Owner ___ Other
(give title below) (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
_____ Form filed by One Reporting Person
__X__ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I--Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
of action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
Security Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
(Instr. 3) (Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-
Day/ ----------------------------------------------- End of (D) or ficial
Year) Month Indirect Owner-
Code V Amount (A) or Price (Instr. 3 and 4) (I) ship
(D) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Class A Common Stock, 8/30/01 S 8,000,000 D $28.00 18,021,168(2) D
par value $.01 per
share
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Table II--Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv-
Security (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities
Exercise Date (Instr. 8) Acquired (A) or
Price of (Month/ Disposed of (D)
Deriv- Day/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
ative Year)
Security
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Code V (A) (D)
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Table II--Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na-
cisable and Underlying Securities of of Deriv- ship ture
Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative Form of In-
Date ative Secur- of De- direct
(Month/Day/ Secur- ities rivative Bene-
Year) ity Bene- Securities ficial
(Instr. ficially Bene- Owner-
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Date Expira- Amount or at End Owned at (Instr.
Exer- tion Title Number of of End of 4)
cisable Date Shares Month Month(1)
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Pursuant to Instruction 4(b)(v), this Form 4 is filed jointly by all of
the undersigned (collectively, the "Reporting Persons"), who may be
deemed to be members of a "group" pursuant to Section 13(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. News America Incorporated
("NAI") has been designated to make the filing of this Form 4.
(2) The 18,021,168 shares of Class A Common Stock of the issuer reported as
beneficially owned are directly owned by NAI. The News Corporation
Limited ("News Corporation"), as a person who may be deemed to control
NAI, may also be deemed to indirectly beneficially own such shares. By
virtue of ordinary shares of News Corporation owned by (i) Mr. K.
Rupert Murdoch and members of his family, (ii) Cruden Investments Pty.
Limited, a private Australian investment company owned by Mr. Murdoch,
members of his family and certain charities, and (iii) corporations
which are controlled by trustees of settlements and trusts set up for
the benefit of the Murdoch family, certain charities and other persons,
and Mr. Murdoch's positions as Chairman and Chief Executive of News
Corporation, Mr. Murdoch may be deemed to control the operations of
News Corporation, and may therefore be deemed to indirectly
beneficially own such shares of NAI. The Reporting Persons, other than
NAI, disclaim beneficial ownership of such shares, except to the extent
of their pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be
deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons are the beneficial
owners of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other
purpose.
NEWS AMERICA INCORPORATED
/s/ Arthur M. Siskind September 10, 2001
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Arthur M. Siskind
Senior Executive Vice President
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
FORM 4 (continued)
Joint Filer Information
Name: The News Corporation Limited
Address: 2 Holt Street
Sydney, New South Wales 2010
Australia
Designated Filer: News America Incorporated
Date of Event Requiring Statement: 8/30/01
Issuer and Ticker or Trading Symbol: EchoStar Communications
Corporation ("DISH")
Signature: THE NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED
By: /s/ Arthur M. Siskind
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Name: Arthur M. Siskind
Title: Director
Name: K. Rupert Murdoch
Address: 10201 West Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90035
Designated Filer: NEWS AMERICA INCORPORATED
Date of Event Requiring Statement: 8/30/01
Issuer and Ticker or Trading Symbol: EchoStar Communications
Corporation ("DISH")
Signature:
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K. Rupert Murdoch
*By: /s/ Arthur M. Siskind
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Arthur M. Siskind
Attorney-in-Fact