Dish Network Earnings Call Recap

[Scott Greczkowski]

I was actually wondering the same thing myself.

 

[riffjim4069]

Worst case senerio ifyou have to pull all dvr's out of service in reguards to TIVO whats your thoughs about that.

(charlie) I dont think negatively, being a satcaster I think very positively, so we havent thought about it.

What??? Since when does a CEO not consider Risk Management as part of their professional responsibilities to the company and shareholders? If this statement is true, then Charlie is negligent. If false, then Mr. Ergen is not being truthful. I guess we know why Dish Network has been losing customers for four straight quarters.

 

[nelson61]

Charlie (in the month of June we will see some disruptions as we complete the smart card swap in conjunction with the digital transition.)

Sounds like June customer service calls could get really ugly between the digital transition and completion of the smart card switch (everyone has the new card?). This is going to be interesting

 

[DishSubLA]

What??? Since when does a CEO not consider Risk Management as part of their professional responsibilities to the company and shareholders? If this statement is true, then Charlie is negligent. If false, then Mr. Ergen is not being truthful. I guess we know why Dish Network has been losing customers for four straight quarters.

Actually, there isn't a CEO who would have ever answered that question, and the questioner is pretty dumb expecting anybody to answer it as it shows his is a freshman. Charlie is no worse, and, in fact, better than most of his competitors or other officers who answer questions like politicians during these quarterly calls. Par for the course. Remember, these quarterly calls are for the peasants and the companies don't like them. None of the corporate officers who answer these questions during quarterly calls answers all that honestly. These calls for all companies is always an exercise of obfuscation.

 

[harshness]

I guess we know why Dish Network has been losing customers for four straight quarters.

I've seen this claim a couple of times but I can't figure out where it is coming from. DISH's first net customer loss was Q4 2008 and their second was Q1 2009. Are you forecasting?

 

[Laddyboy]

I've seen this claim a couple of times but I can't figure out where it is coming from. DISH's first net customer loss was Q4 2008 and their second was Q1 2009. Are you forecasting?

2nd Qyr 2008: 25000 loss http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/05/technology/05dish.html?ref=technology

3rd QTR 2008: 10000 loss Ergen: Dish Network May Have to ‘Tread Water’ - FTA - DSSRookie Forum

I googled and these were the first refs I found for each quarter.

 

[DodgerKing]

I've seen this claim a couple of times but I can't figure out where it is coming from. DISH's first net customer loss was Q4 2008 and their second was Q1 2009. Are you forecasting?

It helps to do research instead of going from memory.