DISH, DirecTV to merge?

[glynnp]

Claude and Charlie in the wayback machine

 

[JSheridan]

Looks like father and son.

 

[glynnp]

Loving father...

 

[glynnp]

That's a great picture Claude.

Hang on to that moment...

 

[cosmo_kramer]

Clearly, in happier times....

 

[comfortably_numb]

That's a great picture Claude.

Hang on to that moment...

 

[DWS44]

Claude and Charlie in the wayback machineView attachment 140684

An admin needs to make that Claude's avatar pic.

 

[Claude Greiner]

That’s not a bad picture. I’m actually very proud of it, at the time it was taken.

 

[glynnp]

That’s not a bad picture. I’m actually very proud of it, at the time it was taken.

My lowly Mariners have a better record than your Tigers and I'm very proud of that

I feel bad for Miguel Cabrera. Savvy hitter and great ambassador for baseball.

 

[mwdxer1]

With the statement from AT&T recently that Direct TV (AT&T) will be up to renewal many contracts in 2020 and AT&T stated that they will not be paying high rates, so expect a lot of disputes and loss in channels. I think this is the future for all cable and satellite. I am glad Dish has been adding diginets as they cost little and offer old TV shows. I heard is costs Dish/Direct, etc $11 a month wholesale per subscriber. Add to that other channels I am sure cost at least $5-$10 a month, it does not take long until the average bill to be that $100 a month or more.

 

[ChadT41]

With the statement from AT&T recently that Direct TV (AT&T) will be up to renewal many contracts in 2020 and AT&T stated that they will not be paying high rates, so expect a lot of disputes and loss in channels. I think this is the future for all cable and satellite. I am glad Dish has been adding diginets as they cost little and offer old TV shows. I heard is costs Dish/Direct, etc $11 a month wholesale per subscriber. Add to that other channels I am sure cost at least $5-$10 a month, it does not take long until the average bill to be that $100 a month or more.

Exactly what Charlie called for last year.

 

[Claude Greiner]

Exactly what Charlie called for last year.

Oh yeah. I think we are in for ride next year.

Pretty soon choosing a provider is going to be about what channels they carry and what channels they don’t.

 

[comfortably_numb]

Pretty soon choosing a provider is going to be about what channels they carry and what channels they don’t.

We're already there. You proved it earlier when you said many satellite customers are jumping to cable.

 

[Bobby]

We're already there. You proved it earlier when you said many satellite customers are jumping to cable.

But cable is going to have its day under the cloud too!

 

[comfortably_numb]

But cable is going to have its day under the cloud too!

Indeed. No provider is immune.

 

[HipKat]

All of this just pushes me closer to cord cutting - which I could've done already if I wasn't so reticent to letting go of something I've depended on for everything I watch for so many years

 

[HipKat]

Someone should teach a class on how to successfully cut the chord, while getting over your anxiety about it with tutorials on how to find the things you want to have







or I should probably check YouTube!

 

[charlesrshell]

Someone should teach a class on how to successfully cut the chord, while getting over your anxiety about it with tutorials on how to find the things you want to have
or I should probably check YouTube!

I hope you aren't thinking of cutting the chord!

 

[HipKat]

I hope you aren't thinking of cutting the chord!

Why pay dish to watch a few dozen shows I usually record only. I can watch Boxing on Dazn. HBO on Amazon Prime along with a ton of other things. I stream movies with Plex. I can get all the cable channels I want through other apps. I'm paying Dish $127.00 a month for 290 channels - or whatever - and I watch 10 of them at most and most of THOSE, rarely.

The money I save in a year could replace my TV with something really nice

 

[charlesrshell]

Why pay dish to watch a few dozen shows I usually record only. I can watch Boxing on Dazn. HBO on Amazon Prime along with a ton of other things. I stream movies with Plex. I can get all the cable channels I want through other apps. I'm paying Dish $127.00 a month for 290 channels - or whatever - and I watch 10 of them at most and most of THOSE, rarely.

The money I save in a year could replace my TV with something really nice

I hear ya if you aren't a big DVR fan. No way I will go to all streaming.