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  • Dish Channel Guide App For iPad Released

    Dish Network today introduced a new app for iPad that allows subscribers to search through the Dish channel line-up and share their TV viewing habits across social networks.

    The Dish Explorer app will be available today in the Apple App Store. For use with the Dish “Hopper” DVR, the app includes remote-control features that allow subscribers to navigate the channel guide, search for programs, and manage their DVR programming.

    “Customers are already using tablets while watching TV but, until Explorer, it had been two separate experiences,” said Vivek Khemka, vice president of Product Management at DISH. “What we’ve done is develop an integrated, seamless experience between the tablet and the television; only the Hopper creates an entirely new viewing dynamic.”

    The app also recommends shows by “cross-referencing social media television viewing trends” and taking viewer data from Dish DVRs. Links in the app will allow users to comment and share their thoughts about TV shows through Twitter and Facebook.

    In its announcement, Dish highlighted its ability to use metrics to track trending shows and events. In particular, the company’s “Thuuz” ratings will supposedly find sports games that are exciting and recommend them in the Explorer app.

    “The Thuuz ratings on Explorer means sports fans can quickly see the potential no-hitters, the shut-outs and the upsets forming live before the sports recap on the evening news,” said Khemka. “Seeing the big events live is always better and Explorer helps deliver that experience.”

  • Spotify Launches App for iPad

    Spotify Launches App for iPad

    Music streaming service Spotify has just launched a long-awaited app for iPad for use by Premium service members, though trial subscribers can test it out as well. Premium Spotify users pay a monthly fee, and the content is streamed directly from Spotify’s servers, as with the iPhone version of the app. This practice hints at the possible future direction of the company’s content platform, moving away from the P2P sharing model currently running on desktop versions.

    So, trial users can test out the new app for 48 hours, which can be extended to 30 days after filling out some forms on iTunes, allowing subscribers to:

    – Access millions of tracks
    – Stream online
    – Listen offline – no mobile connection needed
    – Share music with your friends
    – Star your favorite tracks
    – Wirelessly sync your own MP3s to your iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad
    – Create and sync playlists
    – Send the tracks you listen to direct to Last.fm & Facebook

    Below is a clip that shows off the iPad app a bit:

    Spotify has released a multitude of apps of late, including Digster and Play it Again Sam, though like with the iPhone version if the new app, the iPad version won’t work with every other app the platform offers. On a related note, a friend was recently mixing audio for a live, 5-piece musical performance at the downtown library, using an iPad as the sole controller – it would seem like the new Spotify app would be a good way to push a signal to a larger home entertainment center. No word on why the app took so long to make it to iPad, though the launch will likely eclipse the buzz surrounding Spotify’s partnership with Coke.