DISH Network L.L.C., a subsidiary of DISH Network Corporation has developed a “Virtual Joey” software application. This application delivers the DISH Hopper HD-DVR experience on 2013 as well as 2014 LG Smart TVs. This app can be used as a substitute of DISH’s hardware-based Joey. And that means, there’s another increase in installation options for places where coaxial or Ethernet wiring access is hard to achieve.
Joseph P. Clayton, DISH president and CEO, said, “Television placement is so often dictated by where the set-top box can be and where the wires are – this new application literally unleashes the TV. Together, we are giving our customers more choice and control over their entire television experience.”
Sam Chang, vice president in charge of the LG Electronics Silicon Valley Lab, said “By offering DVR capability directly through LG’s Smart TV platform, DISH’s Virtual Joey app gives consumers even more options to customize their viewing experience. Our collaboration with DISH is consistent with our philosophy of making Smart TV simple and more intuitive.” LG Electronics Silicon Valley Lab has developed LG’s new webOS Smart TV platform.
This new Virtual Joey app will be providing an almost identical experience to the Hopper Whole-Home HD DVRs, which are available to DISH customers at present. When loaded on an LG Smart TV, the app will offer access to as well as control of the Hopper Whole-Home HD DVR such as – live TV, recordings as well as navigation of the electronic program guide (EPG). The software-based clients operate on users’ wireless or wired home networks.
DISH plans to release this amazing app in the first quarter of 2014.