Archive for DISH TV Essays

DISH Systems Announces Their Second Annual Essay Scholarship for 2012

With the cost of school tuition continuing to rise it is getting harder to afford college. DISH Systems would like to help. Announcing our second annual Essay Scholarship for 2012! We thoroughly enjoyed reading your essays from last year and can’t wait to see what you come up with for this year. We will proudly ...

Bringing Attention to Social Issues Through TV Programming

Oprah recently launched the “OWN” network with original programming designed to entertain, inform, and inspire. If you were the executive of a TV network, what kind of programming would you create? In our world today it seems that many people have a limited perspective concerning issues facing our society. People seem to close their minds ...

Student Essay: News Television Provides Uncompromising Perspective

 Do you think broadcast news on TV is dead because of the Internet? Why or why not? Broadcast news today is being eclipsed more and more by the Internet and other media such as the radio. The Internet provides so much information. The information is hunted, grabbed, and condensed into a comprehensible copy that the ...

How the Internet Transformed Traditional Media

Do you think broadcast news on TV is dead because of the Internet? Why or why not? With the emergence of news broadcasting companies creating websites on the Internet and new sources native to the Internet, some have wondered whether this will now be the new media of choice. Is broadcast news on TV dead? ...

Creating an Empowering TV Network for Teen Girls

Oprah recently launched the “OWN” network with original programming designed to entertain, inform, and inspire. If you were the executive of a TV network, what kind of programming would you create? Teenage girls are always searching for advice, health tips, the latest styles, and entertainment. All girls should be able to receive this in their ...

Channel Surfing Through the Years

May 16, 2011 No Comments
Channel Surfing Through the Years

What are your thoughts on the quality of TV programming today? How has it changed, if at all, since you’ve been watching? The flicker of the TV is a colorful and intoxicating lure to my eyes. Already drowsy in the heat of a shades-drawn summer evening, fixed in my crouched position on the family room ...

The (Really) Small Screen

May 13, 2011 1 Comment
The (Really) Small Screen

I’ve done a lot of TV-watching in my life, but I have noticed a certain circularity to my viewing habits: When I was very young, my parents carefully selected my viewing material, and we watched it together on the fifteen-inch screen in the living room; when I got a little older, I chose the TV ...

Predicting the Future of Television from a Student’s Perspective

Where do you see TV technology going in the next ten years? Where do I see TV technology going in the next 10 years? Right now TV technology is so advanced and sophisticated in 10 years the TV of today will be unrecognizable. Was it just over 10 years ago that TVs were the size ...

Bringing Back Family Friendly TV Programming

Oprah recently launched the “OWN” network with original programming designed to entertain, inform, and inspire. If you were the executive of a TV network, what kind of programming would you create? If I were the executive of a TV network, I wouldn’t really create anything.  I would instead bring back the classics people love and ...

DISH Systems Scholarship Essays 2011

May 11, 2011 No Comments
DISH Systems Scholarship Essays 2011

After the conclusion of our successful DISH Systems Scholarship Essay Contest for high school seniors and non-graduating college students, we have come to a decision as to who our final winner of the 1,000 scholarship award will be. We will announce the winner of the DISH Systems scholarship essay on June 1st. In the meantime, ...

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Many primetime shows are seeing their ratings go through the roof when a week’s worth of DVR usage is...

Stream ‘Game of Thrones’ Finale Plus 15,000 TV Episodes Now at DISH Online

While 92% of consumers worldwide prefer to watch programming on their television sets, most of those people stream video content on...

DuoDVR Receiver Tips and Features – Record, Play, Pause in Two Rooms

Having a DVR receiver connected to your satellite television service is hardly a luxury these days and instead a...

DISH Network Creates Compatible Remote Access App for Android Tablets

Tablet or Pad? Technology adopters on both sides of the fence, whether they embrace the Android Tablet or the...

Top Ten Reasons to Give the Gift of GoogleTV this Year

The Logitech Revue with GoogleTV is changing the way we watch television by combining the best features of the...

It’s Official: You Can Now Stream Live TV From DISH Network on Your iPad

Today, Mashable listed its top ten gadgets for holiday gifts this season, with Apple’s iPad making the cut because “it’s...

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