UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
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Form
8-K
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CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
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Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported) : December 12,
2008
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DISH DBS
CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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COLORADO
(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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333-31929
(Commission
File Number)
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84-1328967
(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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9601
S. MERIDIAN BLVD.
ENGLEWOOD,
COLORADO
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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80112
(Zip
Code)
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(303)
723-1000
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
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Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
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CFR240.13e-4(c))
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Item
5.03.
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Amendments
to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
Year.
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Effective December 12, 2008, the Articles of
Incorporation of the registrant were amended solely to effect a change of the
name of the registrant from “EchoStar DBS Corporation” to “DISH DBS
Corporation.”
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Item 9.01
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Financial
Statements and Exhibits
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(d) Exhibits.
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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3.1
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Text
of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of DISH DBS
Corporation.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
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DISH
DBS CORPORATION
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Date:
December 12, 2008
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By: /s/ R. Stanton
Dodge
R.
Stanton Dodge
Executive
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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3.1
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Text
of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of DISH DBS
Corporation.
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Exhibit
3.1
TEXT OF
AMENDMENT
OF
ARTICLES
OF INCORPORATION
OF
ECHOSTAR
DBS CORPORATION
(Amended
Pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes 7-90-301 et seq. and
7-110-106)
1. The
First Article of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to provide as
follows:
“The name
of the corporation is DISH DBS Corporation.”