Archive for the 'DISH Network' Category

Dish Network Launches TVG Interactive

Monday, March 7th, 2005

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 […]

Dish Network Satellite TV Offers Pentagon Channel

Friday, February 18th, 2005

Dish Network Satellite TV Offers Pentagon Channel

EchoStar Communications and its Dish Network are now offering The Pentagon Channel.

Launched in May 2004, the network will provide information about the Defense Department and military 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Programming includes “Around the Services,” an insider’s view about what is happening in each branch […]

OpenTV Builds First Interactive Television Shopping Application for Dish Network and Sharper Image

Wednesday, February 16th, 2005

OpenTV Builds First Interactive Television Shopping Application for Dish Network and Sharper Image

OpenTV Corp. , one of the world’s leading interactive television companies, helped EchoStar Communications Corporation’s DISH Network and The Sharper Image make retail history by developing an iTV commerce application that brings the nation’s first interactive television shopping channel to DISH Network’s interactive […]