Like I mentioned a few weeks ago. Not many customers will drop Dish because of the lack of AMC Networks channels. Especially with the new give-a-ways. But I think it will hurt in the long-term. Who will change to a provider who doesn't carry a popular channel that most other providers have in their basic tiers? Will Dish be that much cheaper than the rest to make up for that? And what about other channels? Will Dish drop them out of spite too? Plenty of question marks for a potential new customer to risk signing a two year contract.
DISH Drops AMC Networks (AMC Back on DISH channel 131)
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I'm not so sure.
I will be curious to see Dish's Q2 and Q2 subscriber numbers, as well as those for DirecTV, cable, and IPTV, to better judge how this has affected them both. The Nielsens, once Breaking Bad begins, will be interesting, as well.
I thought the opposite, knowing that Dish and antiquated technology have a history of going hand-in-hand. Who says the Rokus Dish is offering are "new"
Isn't Dish losing more money giving away equipment and programming, as well as credit, vs what they would pay if the carriage rates went up a little bit?
I'm as critical of Dish as the next guy. But, the thought of them sending out dusty old models never crossed my mind.I thought the opposite, knowing that Dish and antiquated technology have a history of going hand-in-hand. Who says the Rokus Dish is offering are "new"
Depends somewhat on the deal they have. This is at least a benefit to Roku and possibly Amazon don't forget. Dish already has a business agreement with Roku.
Hey, I have an original XD, it's not dusty or old.
But then, maybe I'm old school.
Besides, I took many of the posts too literally, shame on me. Most everyone kept saying "Roku XD", not "Roku 2 XD".
I also called yesterday and was told I would get a Roku 2 XD and after reading all the posts thought I would double check with chat this morning. Yes it is the Roku 2 XD and it shipped out with delivery sched for 7/2. I also double checked the credit on my account ($10 for 12 months) and did not see it, although the CSR said my account showed it. I did not get the "how to install my Roku device" email. CSR said to print out chat as verification for all.
I gave up on the chat. Like many others, the wait was forever.
I called the 800 number and spoke to 'Carl' who didn't know what was going on. He transferred me to loyalty where they offered the Roku and one-time $35 credit to cover the cost of 1 season of any AMC show thru Amazon. The rep really pushed Amazon as a way to watch AMC shows. I took the offer and thanked her. She was actually very nice and patient with me, even though I could hear how busy they were in the background.
I'm not really wanting to read all 227 other pages of this thread, can somebody summarize just what in the world is going on?
At least in the part of Texas I am in you can't really beat Dish. The cable companies have crappy service with ads all over the screens and U-Verse just isn't viable for a large family. I wish FIOS was available in my area and that might be an option but as it is Dish is on about 90% of the houses in my area. My wife and I were very upset by the AMC issue but there just wasn't a solution. So, despite all of the threats of leaving most people will do nothing. I did take advantage of the Roku offer but I wonder how many people who don't visit these kinds of boards will even know it is happening. So, while we think it is costing them a pretty penny to give out Rokus and credits most subs won't even know it is available. Probably just a small percentage will get anything. The rest will keep watching what they watch and forget about AMC.
