Dish Network Corporation is a direct broadcast satellite service provider that offers satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services to households and businesses in the United States and Mexico. Dish Network satellite services were launched in March 1996. As of 2009, the company competes primarily with satellite rival DirecTV and with cable television providers. The corporate office is based at Meridian, Colorado, though the postal designation of nearby Englewood (Englewood, Colorado) is commonly listed as the companys location in corporate filings and news accounts. The company was spun off (corporate spin-off) from Echostar in 2008. Dish Network serves approximately 14 million subscribers.