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CCID = "classic channel ID"? ;)

Even fans of those teams in the team's city are unlikely to visit a sports bar if one was open. I sure wouldn't consider it worthwhile to open if Iowa was playing on Christmas Day, even if it was a CFP game. Directv/Everpass/Netflix knew what they were doing by not bothering with it. Even if you...

I was in a bar that did not pay for it during the time of the fight. Multiple people were streaming it on their phones, some via the bar's wifi and some via cellular. What was hilarious is that every phone was in a different place in the fight, I was standing behind one guy who had it on his...

If there's one thing about Directv that's consistent, it is their inconsistency.

Which arc is getting the new satellite? If it is going to the 110/119 arc then they probably don't even have a use for the new satellite if they get 14 additional transponders. If it is for the eastern arc then the additional transponders on 110/119 would be "nice to have" but not really change...

I bet they cancel it. They'd have to pay a penalty, but that's better than ordering a satellite they won't really need. It makes no sense to operate Directv's satellites and both of Dish's arcs. If not being able to replace that satellite means one of Dish's arcs has to shut down in a few years...

Well they knew they were going to make a deal with Disney eventually, and it would be more money. Though it seems like it would have been better optics to hold off until after the deal and then announce a price increase the next month and blame it on Disney lol

The feds aren't going to stop it. Back when it was all cable and satellite two big satellite companies merging would never be allowed. Now that cable and especially satellite are dying and streaming is replacing them they won't stand in the way. If they didn't allow it Dish would likely declare...

Yes those fees suck but they are using them to subsidize the overall cost. Back when a satellite receivers were very expensive they made customers buy them because the satellite companies couldn't afford to front that kind of money. Around the time the second generation of HD receivers started...

Just because it is cloud based doesn't make it any easier to migrate that data. The software they use will be different, the databases of information they maintain will be different, etc. That's where the cost comes in, the cost of the hardware (even in pre cloud days) is a drop in the bucket. I...

Yes but according to the article won't be ready for launch for a few years. They could probably cancel the order and while they'd owe some money, they'd owe a lot less than the full cost of the satellite (and avoid the cost of launching it)

That used to be true, but I'm not so sure given what I understand about Dish's most recent stuff. Sounds an awful lot like channel stacking like SWM (and satellite TV all over the world) uses so they may be compatible with some firmware tweaks in the receiver. Worst case if you wanted to (for...

It costs a LOT of money to get to that point. They have their own computer systems for customer information, billing, accounting, etc. and one will have to be converted to the other. That's not cheap, and it will take time before the savings you mention pays back that initial cost. If Directv...

Ah yes, because they have such a crack management team that's been doing such a good job the past few years! Not that there's any saving the idea of lashing the Titanic and the Britannic together and hoping that somehow makes them sink more slowly.

You can use anything sort of USB power supply for it, it doesn't have to be powered by Directv equipment. Though as stated, you don't need a DECA at all. The only reason you would use DECAs is being under the umbrella of Directv's "official" support.

It may be a little more difficult to align a dish than it used to be, but it is something you only have to do once for a fixed install. Most people subscribing to Directv today probably already have a dish anyway.

Can you watch 4K on three clients if they're all on the same channel? Like you say, never more than two different things on at once so you'd never run into that limit unless each client counted as one regardless of any overlap on what is being watched. I do know you watch 4K on every client...

Is that so they can localize forecasts? I haven't watched any weather channel on TV since forever, but I remember back in the day the Weather Channel on cable showed local forecasts every 10 minutes. It was inserted at the headend. During those "breaks" where cable would show local forecasts on...

Do they offer self installs? I think they should have gone to charging for installs long ago, offering a rebate equal to the install after a year instead of locking people into contracts. All free installs did was raise the monthly price they had to charge, with all customers paying to...

Much lower install costs since there are few new customers (and most of what few there are probably already had Directv or Dish in the past so the install is easy) and they no longer need to build new hardware since they have enough to go around. There's Gemini I guess but that's dirt cheap to...

Up 1200% in one year??? What sort of scam is Charlie running on Echostar shareholders and those lenders? Clearly he's pushed off a huge pile debt from some other entity he controls onto Echostar, presumably in preparation for a bankruptcy reorg filing that will result in the lenders getting...

Who the hell cares what issues YOU have? You weren't the person posting about having issues now were you? I'm sure you're one of the idiots who sees a person talking about issues with their car or smartphone or whatever and you'll pipe up "I have the same one and I never have issues" It is a...

Ridiculous. There would be no savings from combining them. They aren't going to save on satellite fleets or equipment since replacing either for the entire customer base of one them is never going to happen in the few years that satellite TV has left. I don't think they'd even get payback...

It is also live, whereas when you watch streaming like Netflix or Disney+ it isn't. That allows them to buffer ahead enough that short interruptions aren't noticeable to the viewer. You can't do that with live streaming unless you make it run further behind true "live" than it already is. As it...

The one I used to own that I still help out with some stuff got a cable subscription and a receiver a couple days before ESPN went off air since it looked likely. I had my system set up with an ATSC modulator to feed in external content, which he'd mostly been using for Peacock content. Now it...