It means a few pennies difference times 14 million customers adds up to quite a large sum. So its not stalling, its good business sense
DISH Reaches Long Term Agreement with DISNEY / ESPN / ABC
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It means a few pennies difference times 14 million customers adds up to quite a large sum. So its not stalling, its good business sense
When is the last time dish lowered their rates after one of these supposed hard ball negotions... rates only go up so what ever lower rate they might get, theyll still raise rates and pocket the difference. So the consumer gets the shaft anyway.
"lower rate" means lower than what the conglomerate was asking for initially, but it's still higher than the previously negotiated rate, because the content owners share in the greed game. In fact, a 9% average profit margin for Dish means that 90% of the rate increases we see are due to the content owners. 
but yeah, I agree...it is stupid to pay the mouse whatever they want.
but yeah, I agree...it is stupid to pay the mouse whatever they want.
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Oh, they care! Subs are decreasing. Too expensive already! They know they need to cut costs or slow increases. At some point, I expect sports and Disney to go away. You'll still get them- via pay internet!
WAIT FOR IT! Your bill will soon be higher than with Dish.
Swapping every two years, I suspect, will soon be in the past.
The point remains that the so called hardball negotiating that dish claims to engage in does nothing but delay the inevitable rate increase that was going to happen anyways just so dish can save face and lie about supposedly fighting for the consumer. And the increase probably won't be any less than espn wanted in the first place."lower rate" means lower than what the conglomerate was asking for initially, but it's still higher than the previously negotiated rate, because the content owners share in the greed game. In fact, a 9% average profit margin for Dish means that 90% of the rate increases we see are due to the content owners.
No. I disagree. The "provider" does not hold all the cards. They need the eyeballs Dish provides, for ad revenue. Dish negotiations do reduce the increase.
Yet, I think we're heading for a climax. Something will break, or sat, and then cable, will collapse. And so will the providers. They are over milking the golden goose.
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Yet, I think we're heading for a climax. Something will break, or sat, and then cable, will collapse. And so will the providers. They are over milking the golden goose.
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And what good are those eyeballs if there is nothing to watch. The tv industry is driven by the providers. Dish wont have any eyeballs without content. Pay the mouse
The mouse can Suck it as far as I 'm concerned. I would dearly love to see DISH stand up to the mouse and Espn and say ala cart for you or you're out of here. Yes I know my bill would stay the same as it is today ,except with Espn and DISney gone, but it would be the principal of the thing. Be the first in the industry to tell ESPN to forget about any more extortion attempts for DISH subs.
I've said it again and again, I stopped caring about much of ESPN when they dropped the NHL. I am complaint free. Thanks Comcast/NBC (until your contract with Dish runs out). With that said, I live in a house with 3 girls, two of whom are children. If Phineas and Ferb/Mickey Mouse Club House/etc. go dark, then there's going to be a whole bunch of cackling going on within my walls. If my daughters aren't happy, my wife isn't happy. Man how I really don't need a head ache over the freaking Disney Channel.
No. F**k the mouse. Disney is #4 on my list of worst companies ever. Only exceeded by Walmart, News Corporation and the #1 worst company in the history of the world AT&T.
Now we are going to have to endure more weeks of whining, crying and rampant speculation about nothing. Great.
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Yep the channels are still there but all the ESPN/Disney channels are missing their logos on the hopper guide now.
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one of them will get pissed off and shut down signal before football games start saturday. if not this saturday then next saturday. cry babies will post here about going to directtv and then cry about having to pay for it. soon after, price of espn/disney will raise prices, after which directtv realizes they have millions more customers under 2 year contracts, price of directtv increases 400% overnight. loss of money for dish forces espn/disney into bankruptcy because they cant pay for huge contracts for ncaa, nfl, nascar etc. congress ask why these people cant sort out their differences goes on vacation.
I hope that in the next few days that Scott will be able to give us some insight into whether we are days, weeks or months away from the contract details to be worked out.
The mouse well overpaid for college football rights and rights to MNF. They did so knowing that they have a near quasi-must carry status. So they were spending money we haven't even paid yet in higher rates to get ESPN. And most importantly, regardless if someone watches ESPN or not, they have to pay. Besides, we don't even know if rates are an issue anymore, and it may be more about online rights to content.
The fact that both sides agreed to a short contract extension means that progress is being made on the contract. Obviously, both sides need this agreement and (unlike Congress) are actually negotiating not just shouting at each other. Hopefully, a good agreement will be reached (wait for it) soon and the missing HD channels will return.
