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DirecTV customers are blessed with exclusive French Open Interactive, which began on May 25 and will run till June 1. Now Dish Network subscribers can also view French Open matches as Dish Network has entered a deal with Tennis Channel to televise this year’s French Open in an interactive format. The subscriber of Dish Network with interactive TV receiver can view the matches on channel 100 on DishHOME. This interactive feature will allow Dish customer to watch six tennis matches on one screen. Dish Network has added Tennis Channel HD has recently on its HD line-up and the satcaster is offering Tennis Channel HD in its free preview programming until June 8.

“One of the unique qualities of professional tennis is the number of simultaneous matches at any given tournament,” said Victoria Quoss, executive vice president, programming and network strategy, Tennis Channel. “This is especially true at Grand Slam events, which feature both men’s and women’s competitions. Because of this tennis, more so than most other televised sports and entertainment programming, is a driver of multi-signal interactive applications, keeping audiences engaged and preventing them from switching the channel. DishHOME’s interactive mosaic channel lets Tennis Channel viewers select the matches they want to watch during our coverage and, in doing so, helps us to further evolve the way U.S. audiences experience Grand Slam tennis on TV.”

“During a prestigious event like the French Open, fans can feel out of the loop when watching only one game at a time,” said Michael Kelly, executive vice president of Commercial & Business Services for DISH Network. “Together with Tennis Channel, DishHOME offers fans a way to instantaneously keep tabs on different matches, watch their favorite pros, and to stay closer to the tournament action.”

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