Why has it taken you so long and why is it now you realize that your companys pr. dept is the pits!!!
EchoStar's Ergen Fires Back
EchoStar's Ergen Fires Back
Much of that price drop was due to CitiGroup changing their rating for Echostar from buy to hold and dropping the target price . PCQuote | Empowering the Individual Investor CitiGroup still estimates the chance of a merger at 65%.Launching satellites next year will mean more channels in what, 2009? Yep, competition is good- I may just add to the "churn."
16% fall in Echostar's stock price yesterday. A good time for AT&T to buy?
Launching satellites next year will mean more channels in what, 2009?
Does this sound like we won't be seeing new HD channels until late next year at the soonest?
Right now there not that many ""National Networks"" that have gotten a HD version of their channel up. Direct only has about 5-6 National Channels in HD that Dish does not have.
Well the issue is identical. Directv had to get its new satellite launched, and now it is ECHOSTAR that has to get its new satellite launched. Simple really. The 2 questions are WHEN can they launch? I say not before may at the earliest, so they won't begin to catch up until July IMO. Second question is how many don't stay around to see how long it takes? I say they have another horrible quarter compared to directv.Well I think Dish will offer what Direct has and Dish HD Hardware is better for most part than Direct TV. Heck Direct was behind on HD Content for so long they only had one way to which was to play catch up. So I think Dish will be fine.
Personally, I could care less if E* adds anymore not so HD channels. If the new channels are like some that already exist, like History, TBS, A&E and TNT (to name a few) they can keep them until they stop distorting the picture and have sufficient HD content. I have more channels now that I can watch. I can wait.
I think Charlie has lied about how long they have been doing badly operationaly, it goes back to a year and half / two years atleast and the cancer is deeply entrenched in every aspect of the company. If he wants to save face and get things back on track then he should do some house cleaning and go back to the basics working with what he knows and what has worked best for him and Dish in the past.