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Dish Network brings live TV to Android tablets


ENGLEWOOD, CO – A month after allowing customers to watch live TV on their Apple iPads, Dish Network has extended the same courtesy to customers with the higher-pixel Android tablet screens.The US satellite company said Thursday that customers will need to pair its free Dish Remote Access app with a broadband-connected, Sling-enabled device such as the Sling Adapter, and one of its two compatible HD DVRs.“DISH Network is the only pay-TV provider to offer a true TV everywhere solution, and now we’ve optimized that experience for the larger screen size of the Android tablets,” said chief marketing officer Ira Bahr,...