I'm excited for it this year. It's at the new convention center in downtown Nashville. We get to watch Lady Antebellum play at The Ryman. I'm looking forward to seeing the new Joeys in action and hoping for more details about pricing and such.
DISH Reaches Long Term Agreement with DISNEY / ESPN / ABC
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While I didn't think anything would happen in February, it's nothing that makes me mad per say, but if it's closer to May it will be a bit disappointing, but oh well IF that is the case, I guess that's better then no chance of the other HD channels lighting up
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I still have a feeling we will see them in March. (Thats a GUT feeling.)
That would be great if the Gut comes through
So we are now 6 months from where this thread started. Anyone want to predict that we will still be waiting for a finalized deal come this August?
Mr. Ergen said that he is "cautiously optimistic" that Dish will come to a carriage agreement with Walt Disney Co. channels "before the next conference call." The two companies have been in months of extended negotiations past a contract expiration deadline last fall.
The next conference call is in May.
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Lisa Richwine
I wonder if you can give us an update on the status of your negotiations with Disney over carriage of their networks.
Charles W. Ergen - Co-Founder and ChairmanThis is Charlie. Again, believe it or not, nothing has changed since last quarter, but we're cautiously optimistic that we're going to get there with Disney. We're -- I think that the agreement is important enough to both companies that each side is taking time to get it right. To the extent that it's a long-term deal, it makes it more difficult because neither Disney or DISH can predict the future many, many years out, particularly when it comes to technology. So that's why it's taken maybe a little longer than any of us would like. But I'm cautiously optimistic that we're going to get to an agreement with them before the next conference call.
Lisa Richwine
Okay. Well, on the last conference call, you said you don't date everybody you marry. How long do you keep dating before you decide that there's not going to be a marriage?
Charles W. Ergen - Co-Founder and ChairmanSometimes, you ask them out and they turn you down, and you see them out with somebody else, right? It just happens sometimes, right?
Lisa Richwine
I wonder if you can give us an update on the status of your negotiations with Disney over carriage of their networks.
Charles W. Ergen - Co-Founder and ChairmanThis is Charlie. Again, believe it or not, nothing has changed since last quarter, but we're cautiously optimistic that we're going to get there with Disney. We're -- I think that the agreement is important enough to both companies that each side is taking time to get it right. To the extent that it's a long-term deal, it makes it more difficult because neither Disney or DISH can predict the future many, many years out, particularly when it comes to technology. So that's why it's taken maybe a little longer than any of us would like. But I'm cautiously optimistic that we're going to get to an agreement with them before the next conference call.
Lisa Richwine
Okay. Well, on the last conference call, you said you don't date everybody you marry. How long do you keep dating before you decide that there's not going to be a marriage?
Charles W. Ergen - Co-Founder and ChairmanSometimes, you ask them out and they turn you down, and you see them out with somebody else, right? It just happens sometimes, right?
You don't date everybody you marry???
How about, you don't marry everybody you date.
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I still have a feeling we will see them in March. (Thats a GUT feeling.)
Right in time for March madness I hope but knowing it will be after it is over but that would mean April!!
What about a marriage like Bill Nye the Science Guy that get marked invalid and ends with Bill Nye the restraining order guy.
