If they would add the app to the hopper , I could see some subs doing this and downgrading the lower priced programming packs. But that would cannibalize the satellite part of the business.
I tried Sling TV at CES 2015, and now I'm cancelling cable
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If they would add the app to the hopper , I could see some subs doing this and downgrading the lower priced programming packs. But that would cannibalize the satellite part of the business.
It already is. I don't know what percentage I count as in the same boat, but I am most likely going to cancel my Dish service and go with Sling TV.
Would middle ground work for you?
- Ergen said net neutrality is crucial and he suggested that usage-based billing for high-speed Internet services could hurt online video providers. "The Achilles' heel potentially of streaming video is that the advent of bit buckets and the limits on the number of bits you can stream, and then your price goes up,"
- http://www.bostonherald.com/busines...eyes_launch_of_internet_tv_service_with_20_30
McAdam added that he is hopeful that Congress will introduce net neutrality legislation that will find a middle ground, with a law that prohibits Internet service providers from blocking or degrading access to content services but doesn't impose economic regulations. "Frankly, the lack of certainty around this will impact capital deployment in the future and I don't think that the economy can stand that," he said.
http://www.bostonherald.com/busines...eyes_launch_of_internet_tv_service_with_20_30
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On the flipside of the regulation argument, once telecommunications was de-regulated back in 1996, you had content owners and media companies merging and buying up properties, leaving consumers with less choice and subject to the forced bundling and extortion which has led to higher frequency of disputes and ballooning costs that we suffer through today.
You are not the audience they are looking for.
They are going after the folks with no cable or satellite who subscribe to Hulu or Netflix as a way to give them live programming to compliment the others.
Do you really need all of those live streams though? Maybe I am different but most HGTV shows can be watched on demand through their website or hulu and same for disney shows. IMO news and sports are the big events that need to be watched live. I'd actually prefer to watch everything else on demand. It was said above but the whole cord cutting this is just as much about the $ savings as it is anything else. When you save the money you make concessions and live with them so having to "fight" who gets to watch live tv is worth saving $70 to me esp when you have things like netflix to offset the live tv needs.
And you mentioned the hopper/joey. That is honestly one of the biggest reasons I am dropping dish... the equipment changes have gotten out of hand and are no longer an insignificant part of the bill (my 1h/2j was almost $30 and that was me not having service on my 3rd tv because of the costs). You noticed there are no equipment charges with this because they did the smart thing and leveraged users existing equipment much like the original sling adapter does for tablets and phones. Dish would have been very wise to create sling apps for your tv too and then they wouldn't need to bother with the virtual joey but then they wouldn't be able to charge that extra $7 per tv. That is another annoyance of mine in having to pay that fee to get any kind of service on my tv's. I will be able to have sling tv available on 100 tv's if I want which is far more flexible even if I only have one live stream at a time.
They could have done it but it would have taken many customers away from higher priced bills which would eat away at their business. Still how awesome would a top 50 be with a custom hopper dvr that has 3 or 4 DA tuners and they had DA apps for yout tv/roku/xbox. Something like that could have been $40 total.
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I got "unsupported platform" when last I tried it on my Logitech Review. But that's been unplugged for years.
Dish Network Doesn't Want Sling TV to Become Too Popular http://www.thestreet.com/story/1300...esnt-want-sling-tv-to-become-too-popular.html
They are limiting their audience then, as I said.
That's like coming out with a new soft drink, but instead of making it attractive to everybody, and selling 5 million bottles a month, they are making it only attractive to a select few, and selling 1 million.
I like that none of this is from Dish, and then they also state at the end, "This is a $20 product, so it's not talking about a lot of money here. [The networks] are dipping their toe in the water because the world is moving in that direction, but you want to be careful" with the new over-the-top services."
I sincerely hope not, one good news service without the right leaning or left leaning crap that Fox News & MSNBC spews out everyday is good enough for me. The absence of these 2 propaganda channels makes this service more attractive imo.
I don't understand this. What's the point of capping subs? I doubt Dish will have 5 million signups any time soon for the service, but why the limitation? Surely the content providers will be paid per sub. It boggles my mind about what goes on in this industry. I wonder if the per sub rate is much lower with this service.
This is actually more the norm in business, products & services provided for a particular market segment. Rarely there are new items that come out that are for the masses. Even the popular iPhone was only for a small market segment with the market it now commands built up over time.
