August 5th Live Retailer Chat Recap

[Scott Greczkowski]

Ok welcome to SatelliteGuys and out live Retailer Chat Recap,

The show opens up with Amir and Jim Defranco behind the desk.

The open up the show talking about locals, they are talking about all the markets they just launched.

Dish Now has 143 markets now.

Amir Rambled off a bunch of locals really fast of locals coming soon, which I did not catch. Jim warns us that because a city is announced does not mean it will be online soon.

Now they go off and tell us they are launching Altitude Sports

More to come

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Altitude Network will launch on Sept 4 on channel 410.

The NBA All Star Game will be in Denver Next year.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Now talking about Horse Racing TV.

Jim tells dealers it is important for them to watch the consumer chats and tech forums.

They say 75 million people in the US follow horse racing and this is a major addition for Dish Network. Next year they will launch an interactive version and will be able to wager from their TV.

Now they switch to the Olympics.

HD will be available 8PM on August 13th, It will be available on a DMA by DMA basis, it will not be available nationwide. Dish will be releasing a chart of what areas are available. It will be available to 70% of the households in the United States.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Talking about NBC Interactive they say that there is now a demo online at DishNetwork.COM, the interactive channel will be available via Dish Home starting on August 11th.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

New Package, the Dish Latino Everything pack, a Savings of $3.99 a month and includes DVR fees and all premium channels.

A special Latino Chat will be held on the 24th of august for retailers.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Now talking about ESPN Game Plan, you can buy the package or you can buy individual weekends.

Amir predicts that the Clemson Tigers will be this years sleeper.

To order the ESPN Game Plan for $99 call 888-333-DISH

Now talking about the English Premiere League, $299 for the package or $29.99 per weekend.

Now talking about Cricket, talking about Holand cup and ICC Championship.

That wraps up the programming talk now on to promotions, talking about how FREE DISH was saved, they say FREE DISH will be dropped in the future and they want people to learn about DHA.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

No changes to the promos although Jim Says FREE Dish will go away on January 31st, no ifs ands or buts.

Now they are taking questions

 

[hzhao]

Scott,

What is DMA mean? Thanks.

 

[joeadt]

Nothing on HD??

Once again, sounds like nothing on HD content. NOT EVEN HD horse racin....haha

 

[NightRyder]

Once again, sounds like nothing on HD content. NOT EVEN HD horse racin....haha

They just don't have the capacity right now. Maybe when the new 105 bird is up and operational we'll see some annoucements but don't expect much until then.

NightRyder

 

[TNGTony]

Scott,

What is DMA mean? Thanks.

I'm not Scott... But DMA means Designated Marketing Area. This is what Nielsen Media calls the individual cities.

See ya
Tony

 

[TNGTony]

Did anyone catch the mames of the upcoming cities? I wonder if they mentioned anything more than the previously mentioned group. Still remaining from the previous announcement:

* Billings, MT
* Clarksburg, WV
* Charlottesville, VA
* Fairbanks, AK
* Idaho Falls/Pocatello ID (Uplinked to 148°)
* New Orleans, LA (Uplinked to 121°)
* Norfolk, VA (Uplinked to 105°)
* Panama City, FL
* Terre Haute, ID

See ya
Tony

 

[hzhao]

Thanks, Tony.

Is there anyway to find if my area is DMA? I am in Strongsville, OH (sub of Cleveland).

 

[mwgiii]

Here is the national DMA list.

http://ekb.dbstalk.com/TVMarkets/

 

[hzhao]

Thanks, mwgiii.

 

[TNGTony]

Strongsville is squarely in the Cleveland / Akron-Canton TV market

See ya
Tony

 

[aznxrice]

they need to get the NFL NETWORK AND THE NFL SEASON TICKET!!!!!

 

[garn9173]

NFL Season Ticket isn't going to happen, it's exclusive to Direct TV for the next several seasons. NFL Network, that's another thing, heck, always say it's pricing and demand situation.

they need to get the NFL NETWORK AND THE NFL SEASON TICKET!!!!!

 

[garn9173]

That's the new Colorado RSN, correct? Will it be available on the multi sport package? I believe Dish Network carries FSN West 2, but only to those in on the West Coast and not a part of the multi sport package.

Altitude Network will launch on Sept 4 on channel 410.

The NBA All Star Game will be in Denver Next year.

 

[cdru]

* Terre Haute, ID

I beleive that should be Terre Haute, IN.