....to allow DISH customers to watch thousands of on-demand streaming movies and TV shows. DISH made the announcement at the 2012 International CES. DISH customers who subscribe to the Blockbuster @Home™ package or select premium movie packages, including HBO and Cinemax, can now watch popular movies, TV shows and kid's programming using the updated DISH Remote Access app on their iPad. Streaming movies and TV shows using the enhanced DISH Remote Access app requires a DISH log-in ID and a broadband-connected iPad. The DISH Remote Access app is available today and is free to DISH customers from Apple's iTunes Store. To watch live TV on the iPad, subscribers need a DISH Sling® Adapter and a broadband-connected compatible DISH HD DVR receiver.
And the new DISH apps are not just for iPad... never again will a DISH Network customer miss the exciting moments of a great sporting event. DISH has partnered with Thuuz to create an enhanced Google TV application that helps avid sports fans instantly find the best live and upcoming games to watch on television. Using special computer algorithms, the Thuuz Android app for Google TV monitors the excitement levels during broadcasts of Major League Baseball, National Hockey League, soccer, cricket and rugby games, along with both pro and college football and basketball. When the excitement level on field reaches a crescendo, an alert pops up on the viewer's TV screen to let the viewer tune to the action. As DISH is the only pay TV provider to pair a STB with Google TV devices, the Thuuz application can also automatically record the most exciting moments of the game for later viewing. The Thuuz app uses factors such as parity, pace, novelty, momentum and context in the algorithms that automatically assign an excitement rating to each event. Thuuz comes from the second syllable of "enthusiast." All devices with Google TV and Android 3.1 work with the Thuuz app.
DISH Network and Univision Communications Inc., the leading media company serving Hispanic America, have signed a multi-year, multi-platform agreement that will bring the most comprehensive selection of Spanish-language networks and content to DISH Latino subscribers. DISH announced that in the first half of this year it will launch Univision's new networks — Univision Deportes, Univision tlnovelas, Univision Noticias — and offer exclusive access to Univision Deportes Dos. DISH will provide broad distribution of Univision Deportes, and Univision will provide DISH with thousands of hours of novelas and Spanish-language movies for inclusion in DISH's Blockbuster @Home package. In addition, the agreement includes distribution of Univision's networks: the Univision Network, TeleFutura, Galavision and a suite of six TV channel offerings -- De Película, De Película Clásico, Bandamax, Ritmoson, Telehit and Clásico TV. This offering is Univision's first authentication partnership with a payTV provider, giving DISH customers access to Univision's portfolio of current primetime and library content.