I company called BIAP or “Broadband Interactive Applications” if you prefer, has been enlisted by Dish Network to add some new interactive features to the service for the election season.
The new features, called “Dish Decision 2008″ will enable subscribers to rank the importance of certain important issues as they relate to the candidates, and to answer questions based on their personal rankings.
This will allow the system to match the subscriber with the candidate whose positions most closely align with their own.
In addition, there are plans to introduce new capabilities within the new system that will make available advertisements which will provide more detailed and comprehensive content and provide a mechanism for information requests.
Sounds like it might be a good alternative for people who may not have access to the Internet or who may be a little technophobic when it comes to using computers. Perhaps they will be a bit more willing to experiment a bit with their Dish Network remote control to dig deeper into some of the important issues around elections.
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