Dish Adds On-Demand, Social Access to iPhone, Android Apps

The Dish Network mobile app just got a makeover, adding access to On Demand programming on Android and iOS, as well as Dish Anywhere integration with social networks.

iPad owners are no longer the only mobile users who can access the Dish On Demand library; those running Android 4.0 and higher or iOS 5.0-plus can view thousands of titles from a variety of networks watchable anywhere you can find an Internet connection.

Dish Anywhere launched in January, and has since transformed viewers' ability to watch live and recorded programming anytime and anywhere, the company said.

"The ability to watch TV anywhere is only as meaningful as the show you can view," Vivek Khemka, senior vice president of product at Dish, said in a statement. "By adding access to On Demand programming on iPhones and Android devices, only Dish gives customers the power to view all their shows, including live TV, DVR recordings and On Demand, at no extra cost."

Remote viewing of live TV and DVR recordings still requires a broadband-connected, Sling-enabled DVR.

The Dish Network enhancements also allow users to share their mobile viewing on social networks. Want your Facebook friends to know you've been catching up on Modern Family? Think your Twitter followers would be interested in your Game of Thrones viewing marathon? New social media options allow users to post what they're watching in real-time, with personalized comments and hashtags.

Additionally, a new "Audio Only" mode lets users listen to any live or pre-recorded show, while doing something else, like driving or using other apps on their device.

The Dish Anywhere app is currently available for free in the Apple iTunes Store and the Google Play store.

Dish could soon break out of the TV/DVR world to run a terrestrial wireless network. The company got the go-ahead from the Federal Communications Commission in December to convert spectrum currently used for satellite service into a wireless service, which Dish has been eyeing for more than a year.

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