Great News iPad Owners! DISH Network, the low cost provider of satellite TV services in the United States has launched a free app for the Apple iPad! This app is known as DISH Remote Access. It is the first and the only app from any satellite TV provider that is especially designed for the iPad. This app allows the viewers to control their TV and manage their shows from remote locations.

This iPad app known as DISH Remote Access is very much like the DISH Remote Access version available for iPhone and iPod touch. DISH Remote Access for iPad can be described as a comprehensive remote DVR scheduler that offers DISH Network users with total access to different types of DVR functionalists as well as features. With this app a DISH Network viewer can schedule any DVR recording on multiple numbers of DISH Network receivers. They can even delete the timer, browse through nine days of programming from electronic programming guide (EPG). They can also manage the DVR libraries and to do the same they have to set recording priorities, resolve recording issues and delete shows that they have watched previously.

DISH Remote Access app is compatible with most SD and DISH HD DVR receivers from DISH Network. The DISH HD DVR includes ViP 922 – the only DISH HD DVR that comes with built-in Sling technology in the world.

Vivek Khemka, vice president of Customer Technology for DISH Network, said “At DISH Network, we are excited about the potential of tablet computers – like the Apple iPad – to enhance the TV viewing experience and enable consumers to remain connected to their TVs everywhere.”

The DISH Remote Access app which is optimized for iPad also has an exclusive feature that transforms an iPad into a remote control for TV set connected to a compatible DISH receiver. This way the DISH Network viewers can use their iPad as a remote control perform the remote control functions like changing channels, browsing through EPG, start watching recorded shows, rewind, fast forward and pause and so on with the same!

The DISH Remote Access app for iPad can be downloaded from the iTunes Store for free. DISH Network viewers can also enjoy DISH Remote Access feature on their laptops, PC and smartphones through the web browser.

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