NTN Communications subsidiary Buzztime Entertainment and EchoStar...
NTN Communications subsidiary Buzztime Entertainment and EchoStar Communications said they teamed to launch a premium interactive trivia game service for DISH Network subscribers. They said the new in-home, multiplayer game service combined Buzztime’s proprietary Countdown trivia game format and…
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large library of trivia game show content with EchoStar’s application software to allow DISH Network subscribers to play the games on their existing satellite set-top boxes. The companies said any DISH Network customer with access could subscribe to the trivia game service for $3.99 per month. Subscribers can choose from 6 categories of games: General trivia, movies and TV, music, sports, history, kids. They said up to 4 players at a time per set-top box would be able to play against each other using Buzztime’s Pass the Remote user interface. The software application for the trivia game service was written for OpenTV’s iTV middleware technology and the companies said DISH Network subscribers with various OpenTV-enabled receivers can use their remote controls to access interactive TV programs: Model 3900, 4900, DISH 111, DISH 301, DISH 311, DISH 322, DISH 501, DISH 508, DISH Player-DVR 510 and DISH Player-DVR 522.