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This Sunday, September 30th, Showtime on Dish Network is running the season premier of Dexter and Brotherhood. These two highly acclaimed series help round out Showtime’s Fall schedule.

Of course Dish Network has the Showtime Unlimited Movie Package which is 10 movie channels with the top Hollywood hits and great original shows like Dexter, Weeds, Brotherhood and Californication. Besides movies and their original series, Showtime Unlimited also has Blockbuster movies and great Boxing Events the first Saturday of every month

Showtime Unlimited on Dish Network is 10 Channels for only $12.99 per month. The Dish Network Showtime Unlimited Package includes Showtime East, Showtime West, Showtime Too, Showcase, Showtime Extreme, Showtime HDTV, Showtime Beyond, Flix, The Sundance Channel, The Movie Channel and The Movie Channel Extra

Showtime is also running a Free Preview weekend from September 28th thru October 1st. Below is the schedule of what you will see:

Friday 9/28
6:30 AM The Last Holiday
8:30 AM Camp
10:30 AM Legends Of The Fall
12:45 PM Mission: Impossible III
3:00 PM In The Line Of Fire
5:15 PM In The Mix
7:00 PM The Last Holiday
9:00 PM Weeds: He Taught Me How To Drive By
9:30 PM Californication: Girls, Interrupted
10:00 PM Mission: Impossible III

Saturday 9/29
6:55 AM Aeon Flux
8:30 AM Stepmom
10:40 AM Sleepless In Seattle
12:25 PM Pink Panther, The (2006)
2:00 PM EliteXC: 9/15/07
4:30 PM Longest Yard, The (2005)
6:30 PM Aeon Flux
8:15 PM Failure to Launch
10:00 PM Showtime Championship Boxing: Dawson vs. Mendoza

Sunday 9/30
7:05 AM Hockey Mom
8:45 AM Jumanji
10:30 AM Bad News Bears (2005)
12:30 PM Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)
2:00 PM Akeelah and the Bee
4:00 PM Failure to Launch
5:45 PM World Trade Center
8:00 PM Californication: Absinthe Makesv The Heart Grow Fonder
8:30 PM Californication: Girls, Interrupted
9:00 PM Dexter: It’s Alive!
10:00 PM Brotherhood: One Too Many Mornings 3:4-8
11:00 PM Dexter: It’s Alive!

Monday 10/1
7:00 AM Into The Blue
8:55 AM Madea’s Family Reunion
10:45 AM Dirty Dancing
12:30 PM Bud Greenspan Presents: Torino 2006 Olympics
2:00 PM Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
3:30 PM The Honeymooners
5:00 PM Into The Blue
7:00 PM Madea’s Family Reunion
9:00 PM Brotherhood: One Too Many Mornings 3:4-8 v 10:00 PM Weeds: The Two Mrs. Scottsons
10:30 PM Californication: California Son
11:00 PM Dexter: It’s Alive!

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What is Sling Media and why is Dish Network buying them for $380M

As you might have heard, Dish Network is buying Sling Media, Inc. Sling Media defines themselves as a “a leading digital lifestyle company offering consumer services and products that are a natural extension of today’s digital way of life.”

So what products does Sling Media’s sell? They are mostly known for the Emmy award-winning Slingbox, which gives you the ability to watch and control your Dish Network receiver at any time at any place as long as you have a PC, Mac, PDA or Smart Phone.

With a Slingbox, you can be on vacation in Fiji and watch episodes of Grey’s Anatomy thru your laptop as long as your Fijian hut has broadband. Stuck in a airport? Stop playing Tetris on your Smart Phone and dial up your Slingbox to watch some TV. Sorry, Slingbox doesn’t prevent people from watching TV over your shoulder.

So Dish Network is going to pay $380 million in cash and stocks. Slingbox and Dish Network have been working together since the debut of SlingMedia since they launched in 2004. Sling Media’s technology could allow Dish Network to develop a better Video on Demand product or venture into IPTV.

For More Information visit www.dish-network.com