DISH Leads Industry in Whole-Home Entertainment, Delivers Netflix and New Vevo App
April 14 2015 - 9:08AM
Business Wire
- First major US pay-TV provider to offer
whole-home Netflix experience; app arrives on DISH’s Joey
clients
- First pay-TV provider to offer Vevo on
a set-top box; app offers library of 140,000+ HD music videos
In another industry first, DISH today enhanced its whole-home
entertainment offerings with the expansion of Netflix to its Joey
clients and the arrival of Vevo on its award-winning Hopper
platform.
Following the launch of the Netflix app on its second-generation
Hopper DVR in December, today DISH began making the world’s leading
Internet television network available on Hopper’s accompanying Joey
units for second, third and fourth-room viewing. With this update,
DISH becomes the first major U.S. pay-TV provider to offer its
customers a whole-home Netflix experience.
“We’ve received a great amount of positive feedback from our
customers since the launch of Netflix on Hopper,” said Vivek
Khemka, DISH senior vice president of product management.
“Consumers love Netflix, so today, we’ve taken this integration one
step further, offering instant and affordable Netflix access
throughout the entire household on one easy-to-use platform.”
"Our great partnership with DISH has helped expand the number of
places where you can see and easily view great content such as
‘Marvel's Daredevil’ and ‘House of Cards’,'' said Bill Holmes,
Netflix global head of business development. "Now that DISH is
expanding its Hopper experience with its Joey clients, our members
will be able to start watching in the living room, pause and pick
up right where they left off in the bedroom, and elsewhere in the
home."
DISH’s second-generation Hopper customers should expect to see
the Netflix app on connected Joey clients, including Joey, Super
Joey and Wireless Joey, within the coming weeks. Those new to
Netflix can create an account in the app or by visiting
www.netflix.com/dish.
In a related announcement that gives customers even more
centralized entertainment options, DISH today became the first
pay-TV provider to offer Vevo. This enhancement gives customers
access to more than 140,000 music videos directly from their TV.
The new Vevo app begins rolling out to DISH’s second-generation
Hopper today.
“While music videos were once a driving force in TV
entertainment, we’ve seen a shift in programming that drove this
content online to sites like Vevo, where it continued to draw high
viewership,” said Khemka. “Together with Vevo, we are making it
easier for Hopper customers to be able to view music videos on
their TV screens–this time with even more choice and control over
how viewers discover and enjoy the videos they want to see.”
“On TV, Vevo's audience spends more than 30 minutes per session
watching music entertainment," said David Rice, Chief Product
Officer, Vevo. "Our goal is to make access to Vevo’s library of
music videos, original programs and our Vevo TV linear channels
effortless, and with DISH’s Hopper, it’s now easier than ever for
music fans to sit back, relax and be entertained."
The Vevo app on Hopper gives viewers access to a library of more
than 140,000 HD music videos that can be discovered by browsing
categories like genre, top videos and artists, live videos,
premiers and staff picks. Users can also access Vevo TV to watch
music videos playing 24/7 on three different channels – popular
hits, country, and rap and R&B.
The app will additionally rollout to DISH’s first-generation
Hopper, as well as to all Joey clients later this year, allowing
customers whole-home access to Vevo entertainment.
Both the Netflix and Vevo apps are easily accessible from any
DISH channel by clicking the blue button on the remote control.
About DISH
DISH Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH), through its subsidiaries,
provides approximately 13.978 million pay-TV subscribers, as of
Dec. 31, 2014, with the highest-quality programming and technology
with the most choices at the best value. Subscribers enjoy a high
definition line-up with more than 200 national HD channels, the
most international channels, and award-winning HD and DVR
technology. DISH Network Corporation is a Fortune 250 company.
Visit www.dish.com.
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About Netflix
Netflix is the world’s leading Internet television network with
over 57 million members in over 50 countries enjoying more than two
billion hours of TV shows and movies per month, including original
series, documentaries and feature films. Members can watch as much
as they want, anytime, anywhere, on nearly any Internet-connected
screen. Members can play, pause and resume watching, all without
commercials or commitments.
About Vevo
Vevo is the world’s leading all-premium music video and
entertainment platform with over 10 billion monthly views globally.
Vevo brings a library of 140,000 HD music videos, exclusive
original programming and live concert performances to everyone on
the planet who loves music. Viewers can watch on-demand through
Vevo.com, the mobile web and apps for mobile/tablets and TVs, or
through Vevo TV, the always-on broadcast-style linear music
channels built by expert human programmers. Additionally, Vevo
syndicates its catalogue to dozens of sites across the web giving
music fans the option to view their favorite programming anywhere,
anytime. It is Vevo’s massive scale and reach that has attracted
more than 1,100 brand marketers around the globe since its launch
in 2009.
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303-723-1144emily.odonnell@dish.com@DISHNewsorNetflixCliff Edwards,
408-656-6216cliffe@netflix.comorVevoAnthi Pantelidis,
646-780-7497anthi.pantelidis@vevo.com
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