EchoStar was officially re-branded as Dish Network in March 1996.

* 1996 — ANT1 satellite began broadcasting on channel 604 on Dish Network in the U. S. ( see Dish Network and EchoStar Communications Corporation for more ).

PrimeStar was the first medium-powered DBS system in the United States but slowly declined in popularity with the arrival of DirecTV in 1994 and Dish Network in 1996.

; UK CD 1 single / 12 " double promo single – Deep Dish / Heller & Farley Mixes ( 1996 )

# REDIRECT Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1996 – 1997 # Delicious Dish

In 1996, the scholarly journal Development devoted an issue to zebrafish research in celebration of this landmark .< ref > The fish has a dedicated online database of genetic, genomic, and developmental information, the Zebrafish Information Network ( ZFIN ).

* Hager, Nicky ; Secret Power, New Zealand's Role in the International Spy Network ; Craig Potton Publishing, Nelson, NZ ; ISBN 0-908802-35-8 ; 1996

After the show's syndication run ended, reruns aired on The Nashville Network from 1993 until 1996.

* The March Hare Network, 1996

The director also helmed two films for Turner Network Television in 1996 and 1997, Andersonville and George Wallace, that were highly praised.

Most of Cartoon Network Studios ' shows from 1996 — 2001 now show as reruns on Cartoon Network's channel for classic TV cartoons, Boomerang.

* Cartoon Network ( 1996 – 2004, 2009 )

Following a name change, Cartoon Network featured the first Powerpuff Girls pilots in its animation showcase program World Premiere Toons in 1995 and 1996.

* 2 Stupid Dogs ( 1993 – 1996, TBS / Cartoon Network )

* The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest ( 1996 – 1997, Cartoon Network / TBS / TNT )

* Dexter's Laboratory * ( 1996 – 2001, Cartoon Network )

* Elz, R., and R. Bush, RFC 1982 " Serial Number Arithmetic ", Network Working Group, August 1996.

A later version appeared on the Nine Network in 1985 hosted by Daryl Somers, and again in 1996 hosted by Shane Bourne.

In the 1990s, he combined his two research strands in The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture, published as a trilogy, The Rise of the Network Society ( 1996 ), The Power of Identity ( 1997 ), and End of Millennium ( 1998 ); two years later, its worldwide, favourable critical acceptance in university seminars, prompted publication of a second ( 2000 ) edition that is 40 per cent different from the first ( 1996 ) edition.

First logo, used from 1996-2005Dish Network officially began operations in March 1996 as a service of EchoStar.

In 1996, News Corporation, which launched the over-the-air general-interest Fox Broadcasting Company in 1986, entered a joint venture with TCI's Liberty Media and rebranded their Prime Network affiliates as " Fox Sports Net.

The first logo of USA Network, used from January 3, 1979 to June 14, 1996

Second logo of USA Network from June 17, 1996 to July 5, 1999

* " Weather You Can Always Turn To " ( March 1991 – March 1996 ; U. K. March 1996 – April 1998 ; also used currently in NOAA Weather Network )

The renowned sociologist Manuel Castells, in his trilogy on The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture ( the first volume of which, The Rise of the Network Society, appeared in 1996 ), reinterpreted the processes by which capitalism invests in certain regions of the globe, while divesting from others, using the new paradigm of " informational networks ".

Three shorts were created and broadcast on Cartoon Network in 1995 and 1996 until viewer approval ratings convinced the network to order a 13-episode first season, which premiered on April 27, 1996.

Since the Yellowstone gray wolf reintroduction in 1995 and 1996, the local coyote population went through a dramatic restructuring.

In 1996, he went to the US to play for the Tampa Bay Mutiny ( 1996 – 97, 2000 – 01 ), Miami Fusion ( 1998 – 99 ), and Colorado Rapids ( 2001 – 02 ).

However, it soon started losing money due to over-expansion, went bankrupt on July 15, 1996, and was liquidated.

* Luis Castillo ( 1996 – 2005 ) — Castillo won three Gold Glove Awards and went to three All-Star games in his tenure with the Marlins.

Zaire went through a period of inflation between 1989 and 1996.

Dixit's career went into a slump during 1996 as many of her films like Prem Granth and Rajkumar flopped at the box office.

After they married in 1996, their relationship went through on-again and off-again periods in the 2000s.

That changed when Star Trek: Voyager went fully CGI for certain types of shots midway through Season 3 ( late 1996 ).

She went through the Navy's Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Bremerton, Washington, beginning on October 1, 1996.

Since the release of the original Tomb Raider in 1996, the series developed into a lucrative franchise of related media, and Lara went on to become a major icon of the virtual gaming industry.

On November 5, 1996, President Clinton went on to win re-election with a substantial margin in the popular vote and electoral college.

In July 1996 DARPA went on to host the " Wearables in 2005 " workshop, bringing together industrial, university and military visionaries to work on the common theme of delivering computing to the individual.

" In the same book, Bono reported that Cher, who was both a gay icon and ally to LGBT communities, was quite uncomfortable with the news at first, and " went ballistic " before coming to terms with it: " By August 1996, one year after I came out publicly, my mother had progressed so far that she agreed to ' come out ' herself on the cover of The Advocate as the proud mother of a lesbian daughter.

North went on to win the 1996 premiership, with Carey again a stand out in all three finals games, including the Grand Final against Sydney, where he was runner-up to Glenn Archer in Norm Smith Medal voting.

Fokker went into bankruptcy in 1996, and its operations were sold to competitors.

He went into Cromwell Hospital, Kensington, for heart surgery, and died there from complications on 11 December 1996.

They went through a failed expansion attempt in the mid-1990s and became economically unviable, resulting in the chain being sold to McDonald's in 1996 ; the last Georgie Pie restaurant was closed in 1998.

Cake's second album, Fashion Nugget, was released in 1996 ; on the strength of the lead single, " The Distance ", which went platinum.

The LSE's campus went through a renewal under former Director Anthony Giddens ( 1996 – 2003 ), with the redevelopment of Connaught and Clement Houses on the Aldwych, and the purchase of buildings including the George IV public house, which had been nestled amongst the campus for decades, but is now owned by LSE.

In April 1996, Orange went public and floated on the London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, majority owned by Hutchison ( 48. 22 %), followed by BAe ( 21. 1 %).

In two rounds of presidential elections in 1996, nearly 80 % of eligible Dominican voters went to the polls.

In 1996 the Williams car was clearly the quickest in Formula One and Hill went on to win the title ahead of his rookie teammate Jacques Villeneuve, becoming the only son of a Formula One champion to win the championship himself.

The band was unsuccessful in being able to fully tour in support of Tiny Music .... A short tour in the fall of 1996 ensued in the U. S. but final dates at the end of December in Hawaii had to be cancelled, including a further tour in 1997 ; as a result of Weiland's personal issues, Stone Temple Pilots went on hiatus.