Dish Rolling Out DTS Play-Fi-Compatible Streaming Music Service for Hopper, Joey

Dish bowed its long-promised Dish Music service Tuesday, bringing Play-Fi multiroom audio capability to consumers with Hopper 2 and 3 DVRs and Joey clients, it announced. Play-Fi adds whole-home streaming of services including iHeartRadio, Pandora, Deezer, Napster, Tidal and Amazon Music, turning the Hopper into a household’s entertainment hub for music and video, said Dish. Hopper and Joey boxes deliver music to zones controllable by Android and iOS smartphones and tablets, plus apps on set-top boxes. Music can stream through TVs and can pair to speakers and components in the Play-Fi ecosystem from Aerix, Anthem, Arcam, Definitive Technology, Klipsch, MartinLogan, McIntosh, Paradigm, Phorus, Polk Audio, Rotel, Sonus Faber and Wren. Play-Fi products from Elite, Integra, Pioneer, Onkyo, SVS and Thiel are on the road map. DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance)-compatible, Dish Music will play music files from media servers and personal libraries on mobile devices. Dish Music is rolling out to customers, and the app will be available on all Hopper 2 and Hopper 3 DVRs next month, Dish said.