CBS wants $5 per sub
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No Autohop is not available for me to use. My locals are in SD and (I think) not on the same transponder. Hence no AutoHop or PTAT.
I think we can all agree that Subways $5.00 per sub is better than the CBS $5.00 per sub.
What's "live TV?"
Every time I'm at a business or at a friend's house without a DVR, I really, REALLY miss it.
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This is just O&O's as local stations cattying dish have their own carriage. Although I could see CBS making it part of their affiliate agreements for the affiliate to include it in their agreements with dish. I like the auto hop but as a retired broadcast employee, know that I may have been layed off if such a thing came years ago. If auto hop goes, their still is the skip forwars 30 seconds that I used for years, or does through the commercials. Shows will have to do what Jack Benny did years ago, include the commercial in the plots and make more shows so the spots are always current.
It's a negotiation. They want $5/sub. Dish wants free. Methinks they will come to a compromise somewhere between the two
People here are wanting to make CBS the villain here, but forget that for a moment.
Has Dish won any lawsuit lately?
I rather not have to pay for Dish's lawsuits, especially when the skip and fast-forward buttons still do the job.
Has Dish won any lawsuit lately?
I rather not have to pay for Dish's lawsuits, especially when the skip and fast-forward buttons still do the job.
This is on lawsuit I hope DISH wins. And I back them for standing up for the consumer.
Other past lawsuits... not so much.
Other past lawsuits... not so much.
What does Dish winning or losing lawsuits have to do with CBS being the villain or not? CBS' actions are anti consumer. Period. They ARE the villain here. I would have more sympathy for them if autohop was available live or the same night as airing (then it would have the potential for affecting as revenue).
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Yes, but saving me a very minor inconvenience is not worth it to me if the lose, and even if they win, the potential for higher rights fees.
And let's not romanticize this. Dish is fighting for the right to their business model, not the consumer.
Believe it or not this would be somewhat of a discount at $5/sub...
As pointed out in the lawsuit thread CBS is making about $6.33/month per household.
The sad truth is that CBS would probably have sub fees up close to $5/month in a few years even without the Hopper controversy.
As pointed out in the lawsuit thread CBS is making about $6.33/month per household.
The sad truth is that CBS would probably have sub fees up close to $5/month in a few years even without the Hopper controversy.
I did not necessarily say CBS was not the villain. It's not about who is right or wrong. It's about who wins and who loses.
Again, I rather not have to pay for Dish's lawsuits.
Dish could just make CBS an option. Add CBS to your package for $5/mo, or connect an OTA antenna. The only show I watch on CBS is BBT, and I have an OTA antenna. I couldn't care less if they dropped from my satellite coverage.
What's "CBS?" If they didn't carry any sports I would have zero reason to watch them. By far my least watched broadcast station.
Originally Posted by mike123abc
"CBS earns about 1.7 billion from television ads a quarter or about $633 million per month. There are about 100 million pay TV households in the US. To cut the commercials CBS would need an additional $6.33/month per sub per month. The local affiliate would need some cash too for their local inserts, but they make the most on their news casts."
So, if CBS gets $5/sub from Dish (14,000,000 x $5 = $70MM), they would now be making $703MM / mo, or $7.03/ pay tv subscriber. Some of that gain, in theory, would be offset by losses because of the massive number of DISH eyeballs lost, of course.
"CBS earns about 1.7 billion from television ads a quarter or about $633 million per month. There are about 100 million pay TV households in the US. To cut the commercials CBS would need an additional $6.33/month per sub per month. The local affiliate would need some cash too for their local inserts, but they make the most on their news casts."
So, if CBS gets $5/sub from Dish (14,000,000 x $5 = $70MM), they would now be making $703MM / mo, or $7.03/ pay tv subscriber. Some of that gain, in theory, would be offset by losses because of the massive number of DISH eyeballs lost, of course.
If I owned Dish, and it wouldnt affect too much my bottom line, i'd cancel all the subs CBS access if they were within OTA range and supply them w/ a tuner.
Yes they announced the number of hoppers out there at CES.
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