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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 19, 2023

Registration No. 333-[              ]

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM S-8

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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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DISH NETWORK CORPORATION

(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

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Amended and Restated DISH Network Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of Plans)

Timothy Messner
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate 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)

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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):

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ◻

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by the Registrant for the purpose of registering an additional 3,000,000 shares of the Registrant’s Class A Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Registrant’s Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Accordingly, the contents of the previous Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 30, 1997 (File No. 333-36791), August 14, 2006 (File No. 333-136603), May 22, 2009 (File No. 333-159461) (as amended by the post-effective amendment on June 29, 2018 (File No. 333-159461)) and March 30, 2020 (File No. 333-237478) (collectively, the “Prior Registration Statements”) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.

PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.Incorporation of Documents by Reference

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In addition to the Prior Registration Statements, the following documents, which have heretofore been filed by the Registrant with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

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 5.Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

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The validity of the securities being registered hereunder is being passed upon for the Registrant by Timothy A. Messner, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Registrant. As of May 19, 2023, Mr. Messner owned, directly and indirectly, 99,988 shares of Class A Common Stock which includes the right to acquire 96,335 additional shares of the Registrant’s Class A Common Stock within 60 days of May 19, 2023.

The consolidated financial statements of the Registrant as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2022, and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, 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.

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Item 8.Exhibits

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* Filed herewith

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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 19, 2023.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Timothy A. Messner 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.

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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.

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Exhibit 5.1

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May 19, 2023

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DISH Network Corporation
9601 S. Meridian Blvd.
Englewood, CO 80112
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Ladies and Gentleman:

I am Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of DISH Network Corporation, a Nevada corporation (“DISH Network” or the “Company”). I have acted as counsel in connection with the registration of up to 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Shares”), which may be issued from time to time under the Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”).

I have reviewed originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction as copies of originals, of the various proceedings taken by the Company to authorize the issuance of such Common Shares, and I have examined such other agreements, instruments, documents and corporate records of the Company as I have deemed necessary or appropriate in order to deliver this opinion.

Based upon the foregoing and having regard for such legal considerations as I deem relevant, I am of the opinion that the Common Shares of the Company issuable pursuant to the ESPP have been duly authorized for issuance and, when issued in accordance with the ESPP, will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

I am admitted to practice only in the State of Colorado and the State of Connecticut and do not purport to be an expert on the laws of any other jurisdiction.

I consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement relating to the ESPP.

Very truly yours,
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DISH NETWORK CORPORATION
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/s/ Timothy A. Messner

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Timothy A. Messner

Executive Vice President, General Counsel

and Corporate Secretary

Exhibit 23.2

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Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the use of our reports dated February 22, 2023, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of DISH Network Corporation, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, incorporated herein by reference, and to the reference to our firm in the heading “Interests of Named Experts and Counsel” in the registration statement.

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Exhibit 107

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Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

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FORM S-8

(Form Type)

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DISH NETWORK CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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Table 1: Newly Registered Securities

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