Dish Network took another step towards its ambitious TV Everywhere skeleton — not to be confused with Comcast’s as well as Time Warner’s TV Everywhere partnership — by releasing the Android version of the Dish remote entrance app late last week. This easily completes a provider’s suite of mobile offerings, that have already been available on a iPhone, iPad as well as certain BlackBerry phones. The locate is that to take advantage of the app, Android users must own the Sling-enabled Dish device similar to the celebrity 722 / 722k HD DVRs or a not long ago released Sling adapter. With a necessary hardware though, the app turns smartphones into the control freak’s best crony, working as the remote carryout, a DVR executive, as well as a Sling-powered media streamer to perspective recorded or live programming over Wi-Fi or 3G. That’s the flattering nifty underline set deliberation it costs the poetic low cost of giveaway, as well as it’s certainly some-more strong than mobile offerings from Comcast, Time Warner, or DirecTV. In alternative words, when it comes to removing the most from your your paid TV use whilst upon a go, it appears a loser satellite association can certainly plate it out.Show full PR text
DISH Network Introduces America’s First True TV Everywhere Offering
Newly-Introduced Sling Adapter Allows Live TV Viewing upon iPhone®, iPad™, Android™ and BlackBerry® Devices

November 18, 2010

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Nov. 18, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — PLATE Network L.L.C. today became a first pay-TV provider in America to introduce the loyal TV Everywhere™ charity, giving DISH Network subscribers a ability to watch all of their live as well as available radio programs upon concordant smartphones, tablets as well as laptops. DISH Network subscribers can access these features when they download and use a PLATE Remote Access application in unison with their broadband-connected, Sling®-enabled receiver.

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“PLATE Network is proud to be a initial pay-TV provider to bring the business a capability to enjoy their TV anywhere, anytime upon a accumulation of renowned devices,” pronounced PLATE Network Chief Marketing Officer Ira Bahr. “Unlike mobile observation from wire and telcos that extent entrance to name programs, the TV Everywhere services give consumers 24 x 7 entrance to all of a live as well as available calm included with their PLATE Network programming subscription.”

Introducing Sling Adapter

To enjoy a live observation capacity of PLATE Remote Access, consumers need to be DISH Network subscribers as well as have the Sling-enabled device such as a newly-released Sling Adapter™ – the small placeshifting device which pairs with PLATE Network’s ViP® 722 or 722k HD DVRs. With a Sling Adapter, business can then perspective their high-definition or standard-definition DISH Network programming, together with live as well as available shows, on concordant mobile inclination or laptops. The award-winning Sling Adapter is powered as well as operated by a USB connection, offering an easy, plug-and-play set-up without a need for any other wires or connectors. The Sling Adapter is accessible for $99 to brand-new and stream PLATE Network business.

The PLATE Remote Access app is free.

Mobile Applications, Available Today

The PLATE Remote Access app provides the following features:

* Enjoy live TV programming from all subscribed channels,
* View all DVR recordings,
* Manage recordings as well as undo shows,
* Use a mobile device as the remote control.

PLATE Remote Access is powered by SlingPlayer Mobile™ technology for await of 3G as well as WiFi-enabled phones, laptops or tablets, together with the following devices*:

* iPhone® & iPod touch®: Watch your TV upon your iPhone’s Retina arrangement. You can download a app now by the iTunes Store®.
* iPad™ (TV observation entrance soon upon iOS 4.2): Catch your the one preferred TV shows, live as well as in HD, upon a iPad’s crystal-clear 9.7 in. shade. The PLATE Remote Access app is now accessible by a iTunes Store and will soon be updated to yield full-screen TV viewing for a iPad.
* Android™: PLATE Network offers full await for the fastest-growing smartphone OS in a universe. DISH Remote Access for Android devices is accessible for 4.3-inch arrangement smartphones as well as tablets, and can be downloaded by the Android Market regulating your device.
* Windows® & Mac® Computers: PLATE Remote Access allows high-definition TV observation upon Windows and Mac systems. PLATE Network subscribers can record in to DISH Remote Access during DISH Network’s website to use a use.
* BlackBerry®: DISH Remote Access equates to your BlackBerry is no longer only for commercial operation, unless your commercial operation is watching your TV anywhere as well as anytime. The beta app is available for Bold (Models 9700 & 9000) and Curve (Models 8520 & 8900) by a TV Everywhere section upon PLATE Network’s website.

*DISH Network will continue to expand its menu of concordant inclination.

For some-more report about a Sling Adapter, PLATE Remote Access as well as other PLATE Network TV Everywhere products, revisit www.dish.com/tveverywhere.

About PLATE Network

DISH Network Corporation (Nasdaq: DISH), by the auxiliary PLATE Network L.L.C., provides more than 14.2 million heavenly body TV business, as of September 30, 2010, with a highest quality programming and record at a best worth, including HD Free for Life. Subscribers enjoy industry-leading patron satisfaction, a largest tall clarification line-up with some-more than 200 inhabitant HD channels, a many international channels, as well as award-winning HD and DVR record. PLATE Network Corporation is included in the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) as well as is the Fortune 200 association. Visit www.dish.com.

About Sling Media, Inc.

Sling Media, Inc., an affiliate of EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., that is the unconditionally owned auxiliary of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), is a leading provider of video placeshifting products as well as services for consumers as well as radio service providers. Sling Media’s product family includes a internationally acclaimed, Emmy award-winning Slingbox® which allows consumers to watch as well as carryout their living room television shows at any time, from any place, regulating PCs, Macs, PDAs as well as smartphones. For some-more report, visit www.slingmedia.com.

SOURCE PLATE Network L.L.C.

For further information: Francie Bauer of PLATE Network L.L.C., +1-720-514-5351, [email protected]

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