DISH Network Expands Interactive TV Offerings; With DishGAMES Customers Have Access to Over 16 Popular Video Games.ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- EchoStar Communications Corporation EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) is the parent company of DISH Network and the maintainer of the satellite fleet that provides the signal that DISH Network markets. (Nasdaq:DISH) and its DISH Network See DBS. (TM) satellite television service announced today that it will offer a new interactive application called DishGAMES as part of its "DishHOME" interactive channel 100. "These new offerings are a great example of DISH Network's ability to enhance DISH Network's viewers' set top boxes with the latest iTV technology," said Scott Higgins Scott Higgins (born June 9, 1976 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as a goalkeeper. His career has seen has seen him play in three different continents, first in his native Australia and then on to Europe and the Middle , director of Interactive TV Programming for DISH Network. "DISH Network continues to offer the most interactive TV content over any other pay-TV provider for the enjoyment of its over 11 million interactive households." DishGAMES will feature 16 games from PixelPlay's branded games including ASTEROIDS This is a list of numbered minor planets, nearly all of them asteroids, in sequential order. As of late September 2007 there are 164,612 numbered minor planets, and many more not yet numbered. Most asteroids are ordinary and not particularly noteworthy. (TM) MEGA and CENTIPEDE centipede, common name for members of a single class, Chilopoda, of the phylum Arthropoda. Centipedes are the most familiar of the myriapodous arthropods, which consist of five groups of arthropods that had a separate origin from other arthropods. (TM) MEGA. It will also include prizing, score submission, leader board and tournament capabilities. To subscribe to DishGAMES, customers can select an on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. "subscribe" button using their remote control which will connect them directly to the interactive TV customer service application. Customers will be able to subscribe with their remote control, or they can call DISH Network at 800-333-DISH. DishGAMES is $4.99 per month or $49.99 annually. New customers will have access to all 16 games for the first five weeks, after which the games will rotate out weekly from an extensive library. All games will also be available for non-subscribers in demo mode. For more information on DishGAMES or DISH Network, customers can contact DISH Network at 800-333-DISH (3474) or their local retailer for more information on how to subscribe to DISH Network. To learn more about DISH Network's programming offers, visit www.dishnetwork.com. About EchoStar EchoStar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:DISH) serves more than 12.2 million satellite TV customers through its DISH Network(TM), the fastest growing U.S. provider of advanced digital television services in the last five years. DISH Network offers hundreds of video and audio channels, Interactive TV, HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates , sports and international programming, together with professional installation and 24-hour customer service. |
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