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"Satellite TV provider DISH Network, along with Oberon Media and the Tetris Company, has announced the launch of an interactive game service called Tetris TV.
Here's how it stacks up: For $2.99 a month, the new service allows DISH Network customers to play the addicting video game on their television sets with their remote controls, for hours and hours (and hours) on end.
There will be two versions of the Russian block-stacking game available: Marathon, which takes Tetris players through 15 levels, and 40-Lines, a mad-dash race to clear all 40 lines the quickest.
Lest you get bored with solitary play, the press announcement also teased that upcoming versions of Tetris TV will allow subscribers to compete against each other, as well as the opportunity for tournaments and prizes
This DISH Network partnership is just the first for casual game provider Oberon Media, who has plans to take its interactive TV service worldwide.
According to Oberon senior director of ITV programming and service management Jonathan Boltax: "The Tetris game is the perfect example of satiating the public's ravenous appetite to play casual games on all platforms, and it's a perfect fit for the iTV platform.""
More information here:
http://insidetv.aol.com/2010/02/03/tetris-is-coming-to-tv/
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Comments:
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Comment by
 m__ on February 5, 2010, 2:57 pm
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i would never get it or play it, but come on. it's freaking cool.
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Comment by
 mcgif on February 5, 2010, 9:23 am
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Dish Network huh, GPD ?
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Comment by
 YukiIjuin on February 5, 2010, 7:12 am
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3 Dollars per month? In 12 months I can buy TDS or Tetris Splash on my 360 (if I had one) or even import a TGM:ACE with a proxy service from Japan. (I think)
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Hmmm...I think it sounds interesting.
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Comment by
 XaeL on February 4, 2010, 1:33 pm
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its stupid.
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Comment by
 Hsanrb on February 4, 2010, 12:10 pm
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zzz This sounds so like a ploy to get people to spend money.
I would never play Tetris on my TV... thats why I'd keep a DS around, hey look Tetris... get out of my advertisements Dish!
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Comment by
 Kitaru on February 4, 2010, 7:38 am
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Uh... gross, haha.
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