EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] confirmed its subsidiary, EchoStar DBS, completed a previously announced repurchase of all of its 9.25 percent senior notes due 2006.

The redemption occurred three years early in accordance with the company’s early redemption right, company officials said. EchoStar (Littleton, Colo.), through its DISH Network, provides more than 8 million American homes and businesses satellite television.