Dish Network Launches TVG Interactive
Dish Network Launches TVG Interactive
After years of promises and disappointments, true two-way interactivity for horse-race wagering will reach 10 million TV sets nationwide this month through the Dish Network’s launch March 2 of the TVG Interactive Horseracing channel.
EchoStar Communications Corp.’s satellite service has begun rolling out the virtual channel to the 90% of its 11 million customers who can access its interactive services, a process that will take until the end of the month, the company said. It gives all of those subscribers the ability to access wagering and handicapping information for TVG’s tracks by pushing a button on a Dish Network remote control. Viewers do not need any additional hardware to access the service, which comes with Dish’s basic offering, its “Top 60″ package that costs $31.99 a month.