The most Taiwanese-language programming available in one programming package is now available from Dish Network.

The new programming package, The Taiwanese Mega Pak offers 13 channels of Taiwanese-language programming which includes ET-Global, ET-News, ET-Drama, ET-China, YOYO, JET International, SETI, i-Cable, CTS, CTV, TTV, SkyLink TV and SkyLink TV-2.

New subscribers to the Taiwanese Mega Pak will be able to take advantage of Dish Network’s $100-back International Offer which discounts a subscriber’s bill $10 each month for a total of ten months.

Dish Network continues to increase its international offerings once again and seems to be staying ahead of the competition.

To see all of Dish Network’s offerings and sign up for Dish Network, check out the DISH Network Web Site.

Dish Network and Guest-Tek have recently entered into a multi-year agreement where Dish Network will become the provider of TV programming for the hotel’s properties.

“We are pleased Guest-Tek recognizes that DISH Network offers the best
choice and value for hoteliers,” said Brian Yohn, vice president of Commercial Services for EchoStar, Dish Network’s parent company. “We look forward to providing hotel guests with a selection of all-digital quality channels from our programming line-up.”

Guest-Tek is a major provider technology solutions for the hospitality industry. Guest-Tek’s OneView platform provides hotels with data, video and telephone services.

Israeli Gold and Israeli Platinum are the two new programming packages recently added to the Dish Network line-up.

The Israeli Gold package offers the Israeli Global One channel as well as an Israeli movie channel while the Platinum package offers all the programming of the Gold package and also includes the Israeli Network and EuroNews.

Pricing for the Gold package is $24.99 per month while the Platinum package is available for $34.99 per month.

The National Football League is reportedly not too happy with plans by cable giant Comcast to move the NFL Network to a more expensive programming package and is encouraging fans to complain to Comcast or even cancel their Comcast service in favor or Satellite TV.

Now you’re talking my language! As anyone who has visited this site before should know, I dumped cable more than eight years ago and have never looked back. I’ve had Dish Network ever since and I love it.

Getting back to our NFL-Comcast feud, apparently, the NFL once even tried to sue Comcast over this issue but lost in court. I guess it could be a while before this battle comes to an end.

If you ask me, these are typical cable TV shenanigans — always looking for a new excuse to jack prices up again. I was a cable customer for years before getting Dish, so I know how it goes.

If you are thinking about dumping cable in favor of satellite, you should check out my Dish Network Deals page.

Dish Network has introduced a brand-new member to its line-up of DVR Receivers. The ViP222 is the newest member of the family and boasts many features.

The ViP222 is positioned just above the ViP211 in the line-up and offers a two-room solution for HD customers. Although the ViP222 does allow the customer to feed two televisions, only one feed is HD, while the other is standard definition.

As readers of this blog already know, I have the ViP622 HD DVR Receiver and I love it. If you want to see a demo of some of the features of the 622, just click here.

Dish Network and MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) have just agreed to a new deal that will make MGM movies available to Dish Network customers through the satellite service provider’s On Demand feature. MGM productions will also be available through Pay-Per-View as well.

A small sampling of the movies that will be available include Casino Royale, Rocky Balboa and Flyboys.

It appears that Dish Network is working to compete with the cable industry’s ability to provide lots of “on demand” content for their subscribers.