Dish Network to Offer Karaoke TV Channel

May 12, 2005 By Ian Bell

Dish Network has partnered with Sound Choice to bring the nation's first interactive karaoke TV channel to DISH Network's interactive TV line-up.

Viewers can mimic the idols of their choice by singing along to 20+ songs from two different music genres.

The Karaoke Channel by Sound Choice allows viewers to choose from two different play-lists consisting of 10 songs each. The songs range from country to hip-hop and rotate bi-weekly. Viewers are givena free preview of the channel before being prompted to subscribe to the service.

Customers can subscribe to The Karaoke Channel by Sound Choice for $4.99 a month through “DISH Home’s” Ch. 100, via the web at http://www.dishnetwork.com/ orby calling 1-800-333-DISH. Customers can purchase karaoke equipment to enhance their experience at http://www.dishkaraoke.com/.

The Karaoke Channel by Sound Choice application was developed by OpenTV Corp. utilizing its ITV middleware technology. DISH Network customers with the following OpenTV-enabled receivers can use theirremote controls to access interactive TV programs: Model 3900, Model 4900, DISH 111, DISH 311 and 301, DISH 501, 508, 510 and DISH 811.

Source: Audio/Video Revolution

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Dish Network Guy at 1:01pm 6th December 2005 It's amazing. What will they think of next? I personally think that america spends way to much time in front of the tube. And this is coming from a guy that sells Dish Network.
Lisa at 11:41pm 12th May 2005 I am a Karaoke junky so this is really cool. I like the free preview before purchase cause I would want to make sure they had good karoke songs and not crappy ones.