US satellite pay-TV provider Dish Network has introduced TV Everywhere, a suite of integrated products for watching TV anytime and anywhere. TV Everywhere provides customers with access to all their live and recorded programming on a laptop, mobile device, or anywhere in the home wirelessly. Key components of TV Everywhere include the TV Everywhere Adapter; the ViP922; the new Dish Network Wi-Fi HD Monitor; and the newly-released Dish Remote Access App. Developed in partnership with EchoStar Technologies and its affiliate Sling Media, the TV Everywhere Adapter adds Slingbox technology to existing Dish Network HD DVR receivers such as the ViP 722k. The TV Everywhere Adapter is a slim device that connects to compatible set-top boxes via a single USB cable. Once activated, the TV Everywhere Adapter provides Dish Network customers with the freedom to watch their favourite TV programming on laptops and mobile phones. Dish Network's HD DuoDVR ViP 922 with TV Everywhere allows customers to watch and control their favourite programmes on their laptop or mobile device. The ViP 922 features a 1 TB hard drive with up to 1,000 hours of recording time. The Dish Network Wi-Fi Monitor, a lightweight, portable, high-definition monitor developed by Sling Media, is a free-standing monitor that can wirelessly transmit an HD video signal from a set-top box to anywhere in the home via a Wi-Fi network. The Wi-Fi Monitor offers a 16 x 9 widescreen format that displays 720p HD quality and controls all features of a connected Dish Network HD DVR receiver, including viewing live TV as well as viewing and managing DVR recordings. The Dish Remote Access App, compatible with most SD and HD Dish DVR receivers, offers satellite TV customers complete control of their TV everywhere. Users can set and delete timers on multiple receivers, browse and search nine days of shows, and manage their DVR library by setting recording priorities, resolving recording conflicts and deleting programmes they have already watched. The Dish Remote Access App also includes a feature that transforms an iPhone or iPod touch into a remote control for televisions connected to compatible Dish Network receivers. The Dish Remote Access App is now available for free for both the iPhone and iPod touch and can be downloaded from the App Store. Dish Network expects to launch the TV Everywhere Adapter, the ViP 922 and the Wi-Fi Monitor in the second quarter.
