Entertainment Unlimited at Dish Network

Dishnetwork.com is the official site of Dish Network, a direct broadcast satellite service which provides satellite television and audio programming to households and businesses in the United States.

The homepage is done quite attractively with a black panel saying DishDVR Advantage-Everything you need against a red background. The bar on top is also in red and has these options-offers, what's on DISH, our products, customer service as well as a search bar. In What's on Dish, you can see options like Overview, Programming Packages, HDTV, Premium Channels, Local Channels etc. There is a Spanish language option as well here.

Under offers come the various offers of the company-best programming offer, $100 back offer, special HD offer etc. Each of these offers open into exclusive pages where the details would be stated. Our products has these options- Overview, HD Receivers, DVR Receivers, High-Speed Internet etc. In customer service, you can find options like Contact us, ClubDISH, DISH 500 Upgrade etc.

Many of these options have subdivisions listed right in the options bar itself. For example, Pay-Per-View has Special Offers, Movies, Events and Sports as its divisions. In A La Carte, you can find options like BabyFirst TV, Outdoor Channel, Bloomberg Television, RFD-TV etc. Premium Channels opens into a page where the individual channels are displayed-HBO, Showtime, Playboy TV, Cinemax, Starz moviepack etc. There is also a chart here listing the various monthly packages, with the discounts. Click on any of the icons and you will reach an exclusive page on the channel. There will be further specifications like the different channels of HBO-HBO east, HBO Family, HBO Latino, HBO Comedy etc. In Now Showing on HBO, the movies which are being shown currently are listed as icons.

In DishHD Receivers, you can find sections like HD DVR Receiver for 1 or 2 TVs, HD Receiver for 1 or 2 TVs etc. with details of each. Programming guides has options like online channel guide, dish entertainment magazine, dish flicks etc. For quick reference, you can download the channel lineup cards which are placed in easily downloadable form.

In customer service, the options are Moving?, Billing, Troubleshooting, Tech Portal etc. The Moving page illustrates how DishNetwork can help you move in three easy steps. Troubleshooting tips can be found in the Troubleshooting page. The TechPortal has options like receivers, remotes, tech depot, contact us, home and dishnetwork.com.

There is also a log-in option here for members. The site generates revenue from the various advertisements which can be found in many parts of the site.

Asha Prakash

Hi-Tech Editorial Division