• by David Goetzl  @dgoetzl, February 5, 2010

Wildly successful video game Tetris is now playable with the remote control for subscribers of Dish Network. The 25-year-old puzzle challenge is available on the satellite provider through a deal with Oberon Media.

A Dish representative said in an email that the operator is looking to attach some sort of sponsorship to Tetris, but nothing has been nailed down. Inventory could include videos before play and exposure around the game during the action.

Still, Dish has a subscription model in place where it costs $2.99 a month for access to the game.

Oberon said Dish customers will be able to challenge other subscribers in Tetris TV over time by posting scores via an iTV application.

Dish is the first operator to offer Tetris, although Oberon said it is searching for other partners across the globe.

Oberon provides other iTV games to Dish, as well as operators such as Cablevision and DirecTV. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are among its investors.

Dish executive Michael Kelly stated that the Tetris addition is part of a "commitment" to continuing to expand iTV and gaming. Dish has offered iTV games since 2006, when it made a deal that involved Asteroids, Centipede and others.