can we expect anything today?

[HDRoberts]

So, DirecTV is finally getting off its butt and adding a highly requested channel. Could this be the domino that gets Dish rolling? Something to outdo the DirecTV announcement?

 

[Jim5506]

Charlie does not play dominoes, only poker.

 

[hammerdown]

There won't be any new national HD channels added until next year when Charlie will again re-arrange the packages and thus increase prices. They will dangle the new channels just out of reach of the remaining hd-only subs in some crazy-turbo package. Not enough people will bite, and a few months later they will quietly re-offer an hd-only package (with the new channels), of course at a higher price.

 

[RandallA]

I think the operative words here are "UP TO"

Very good observation.

 

[scimini]

In the press release that Scott just posted, Dish Network says:

"DISH Network offers up to 114 national HD channels today and will offer up to 150 channels by the end of the year. "


Where are they getting the 114 national HD channels count from?

The same way Comcast advertising that they have over 500 programs in HD available at 7pm in Chicago. Creative math.