Here is a piece of terrific news news for all Dish TV customers – Dish subscribers will soon be able to watch live Dish TV on their iPads (and other mobile devices) at no extra cost. Dish will leverage Slingbox functionality to enable user access – if you remember, Dish acquired Slingbox in 2007 (many were puzzled by the move).
As a huge Sling fan I certainly welcome the news – let’s see how this pans out, you never know – I may make a switch to Dish if this turns out functioning well.
Anyhow, here is a blurb from the article published by the Associated Press (source link):
Dish Network Corp. is planning to offer the feature on the iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and BlackBerry devices in September and on phones using Google Inc.’s Android system in October.
Subscribers will need special hardware. One option is Sling Media Inc.’s SlingBox, which retails for $180 to $300. Dish subscribers can also pay $200 to $400 to upgrade to Dish’s high-definition digital video recorder with SlingBox features; they’ll need to pay $10 a month for multiple DVR service, but they’ll get recording capabilities with it. Sling is owned by EchoStar Corp., whose chairman is Dish CEO Charles Ergen.
