-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, G+AzcXDP3TVRPXQFij5GOZxjoa1ZmCQ3TtPaiGGAjerGZU6U+HNKyyZRtKQQZk3B 333F1ZvmcEiQTF3zO1kYlg== 0000950134-07-026322.txt : 20080404 0000950134-07-026322.hdr.sgml : 20080404 20071228194825 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950134-07-026322 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20071228 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EchoStar Holding CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001415404 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO & TV BROADCASTING & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3663] IRS NUMBER: 261232727 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 90 INVERNESS CIRCLE CITY: ENGLEWOOD STATE: CO ZIP: 80112 BUSINESS PHONE: 303-723-1277 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 90 INVERNESS CIRCLE CITY: ENGLEWOOD STATE: CO ZIP: 80112 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: EchoStar Holding CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20071017 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm corresp
 

EchoStar Holding Corporation
90 Inverness Circle East
Englewood, Colorado 80112
December 28, 2007
By Facsimile and EDGAR
Ms. Michele M. Anderson,
  Legal Branch Chief,
    Division of Corporation Finance,
      Securities and Exchange Commission,
        100 F Street, N.E.,
          Washington, D.C. 20549.
Dear Ms. Anderson:
     In accordance with Rule 12d1-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, EchoStar Holding Corporation (the “Company”) hereby respectfully requests acceleration of effectiveness of its Registration Statement on Form 10, File No. 001-33807 (the “Registration Statement”) to December 28, 2007, or as soon thereafter as practicable. The Company requests acceleration of effectiveness of the Registration Statement so that it may complete its separation from EchoStar Communications Corporation as described in the Registration Statement as soon as practicable.
     The Company acknowledges that (1) should the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; (2) the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and (3) the Company may not assert this action as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
         
  Sincerely,


EchoStar Holding Corporation
 		  
  By:   /s/ Charles W. Ergen    
    Charles W. Ergen   
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer   
 

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