Looks like It’s official Directv Buying Dish

[CSM]

No favorites list?

Yes, it does have a favorites list.

 

[Jimbo]

DTV's APP and the other live TV streaming services do have a guide. You can't just go to the individual channel on the guide.

Yes, that does suck ...
You have to scroll thru all your channels ... then again, IF I went that way I would create a Custom Guide so all MY needed channels are at the top.

 

[Bruce]

Instead of buying lottery tickets ,if one invested $20 a week into a Dow Jones index fund 40 years ago, they would have $217,453.68 today using actual historical results. They could then start drawing about $14,500 a year income without touching the principle. I taught this to my students every year and I doubt anyone but me and my wife actually did it.

My wife and I averaged $300-up a month that we put into a investment account, did that for 30 years ( the first 20 years was $300, 10 years was $500 a month).

Was able to first retire at 52 years old because of that, while I went back to work almost 2 years ago, it was not because of money, but I am now, hopefully, fully retired at 57, gave my notice 3 weeks ago.

 

[MikeD-C05]

My wife and I averaged $300-up a month that we put into a investment account, did that for 30 years ( the first 20 years was $300, 10 years was $500 a month).

Was able to first retire at 52 years old because of that, while I went back to work almost 2 years ago, it was not because of money, but I am now, hopefully, fully retired at 57, gave my notice 3 weeks ago.

CONGRATULATIONS BRUCE!

 

[NYDutch]

Some years ago at a retirement party, the lottery topic came up when one of the gifts was $100 worth of scratch offs. Somebody asked the group if anyone had ever won anything. A few people mention winning $20-$50 on scratch offs, but one fellow said the lottery now puts over $1,000 a year in his pocket. When he was asked how that works, he just said "I quit buying tickets."

 

[Jimbo]

Some years ago at a retirement party, the lottery topic came up when one of the gifts was $100 worth of scratch offs. Somebody asked the group if anyone had ever won anything. A few people mention winning $20-$50 on scratch offs, but one fellow said the lottery now puts over $1,000 a year in his pocket. When he was asked how that works, he just said "I quit buying tickets."

I have a friend of mine that bought the neighbor kid 27 scratch off lottery tickets for his 27th birthday, he won $75 ...

 

[N6BY]

My name suggestion for the new company - Direchostar.

 

[telstar_1]

My name suggestion for the new company - Direchostar.

DISHDirect

 

[CSM]

I don't think they need to combine names, just use DTV or Dish Network.

 

[Jimbo]

My name suggestion for the new company - Direchostar.

DirectStar

DirectDish

 

[nelson61]

One bummer result is we will no longer see the customer numbers and subscriber and operating details when the deal closes.

Echostar DBS will be private like Directv with no more SEC filings.

 

[John2021]

On a Positive (I guess) we've probably got 6 months or so.

Ours is till next year hopefully they honor it!!!

 

[John2021]

And AT&T has sold off its ownership of DIRECTV as well.

AT&T Sells Its Remaining Ownership of DIRECTV In What is Reportedly a First Step to DISH & DIRECTV Merging | Cord Cutters News

AT&T announced today that it has reached an agreement to sell its remaining 70% stake in DirecTV to TPG, finalizing its exit from the pay-TV business. The deal, expected to close in the second half of 2025, will bring in a total of $7.6 billion in payments to AT&T through 2029. This includes...

cordcuttersnews.com

This is blessing . Att should have never been allowed to buy dtv. They should have stuck with there wireless and fiber since it's there bread and butter.

 

[Jimbo]

This is blessing . Att should have never been allowed to buy dtv. They should have stuck with there wireless and fiber since it's there bread and butter.

D* would still be in the same shape it is now if ATT had not bought them.

 

[Tom Speer]

DirecTV satellite fleet - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Dish Network - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I don't know about the DISH article, but the DIRECTV stallite article at Wikipedia is badly out of date.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

TPG is getting Dish's debt not AT&T. Remember AT&T sold their 70% stake to TPG.

Well AT&T is selling their 70% stake... that hasn't happened yet nor been approved.

I am hearing that could by itself take 9 months to a year for that to happen. And none of the rest of this merger stuff can go forward without that happening.

Lots of moving pieces to this one.

 

[Yespage]

One bummer result is we will no longer see the customer numbers and subscriber and operating details when the deal closes.

Echostar DBS will be private like Directv with no more SEC filings.

TPG is publicly traded. I'm not certain if that makes their filings the filings from heck, because they are listing the financials of a bazillion or so corporations they own. Or whether they all go under a single line item in an SEC filing.

 

[John2021]

D* would still be in the same shape it is now if ATT had not bought them.

att made it worse. but dtv was in the shape before att bought them

 

[HipKat]

I always have said that the lottery is a tax on people who don’t know math. I’m an aerospace engineer, so I’m pretty good at math…

I'm just a blue-collar schlub but I'm pretty good at math too!

 

[HipKat]

I have a friend of mine that bought the neighbor kid 27 scratch off lottery tickets for his 27th birthday, he won $75 ...

The only chance at winning Scratch-offs is to buy the $50 and up cards. When I worked at a local Circle K, a woman came in every Saturday and bought 1 $100 and 2 $200 cards and used the winnings to keep playing for quite a while and always left with money in her pocket. The highest winning tickets, thousands of dollar winners on display in the store, were all won by her