SatelliteGuys.US DishNetwork Uplink Activity Discussion - Week Ending 12/01/2007
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With the changes in the uplink the last couple of weeks there is movement to something. What it is no one knows for sure. It does seem though that with almost every uplink now there are more parts to the puzzle. Right now. This is what we are hoping and hanging are hat on. If Dish would fix the damn pr dept. we would at least know exactly what they are trying to do.
Tigerfan calm down Dish is a big company now , and Charles is playing with very big boys now, and with the future of Dish on his mind. I'm sure there are a lot of backroom talks going on with the future of Echostar at stake. I've been with Dish over ten yrs and Charles always comes on top somehow. Harv
IF ATT would merge with DISH and allow Charlie to stay in control of DISH as the ceo, and let him continue to run it as he sees fit, with ATT's deeper Pockets , I am sure the deal would go through today. That is the holdup. Charlie doesn't want to lose ANY control of his company. According to what I just read on the Skyreport, that is the problem. ATT doesn't know how tv works or what the consumer wants. They concentrate on interactive tv that no one cares about. ATT needs DISH more than Charlie needs ATT. DISH would continue to survive without them but ATT 's video service like U-Verse will not. MY bet is if CHarlie can't work a deal similar to his origional deal, where ATT invested 500 million dollars into DISH and partnered with them to provide the DISH service to both ATT and DISH customers , it will not happen. Money is not everything to Charlie,after all he is already a billionaire. It is about power and remaining in control of a business he has worked at since 1980.
That's just it... none of us really don't know... unless any of us are really DISH insiders that is... oh well....
i just caught an E* commercial last night (heard it from the TV room, actually) where Dish was saying they had over 70 national HD channels (I know that's a total joke), but what was different about this one than some of the other 70+ HD channel E* commercials was that it stated "and more HD channels on the way". Who knows when 'on the way' is, and if it will be more of nothing, since I think their actual HD count is more like 40, than like 70.
2?? It's gotta be at least 4 weeks.Come on Dish...NOT 2 weeks off in a row!
EDIT: Nevermind
digiblur (Uplink Activity Report Thread) said:
Okay, I'll ask the obvious - do we have any guesses as to what this is, since we have no HD or even interesting TP changes/assignments to talk about?
It could be in the bottom of the PI range of channels...
Something about SpikeTV? Spike Video and Spike Data? Some sort of interactive deal. I'm not sure...
2?? It's gotta be at least 4 weeks.
I think it must be at least 4 weeks if not longer...but dont worry more HD will be here SOON
2?? It's gotta be at least 4 weeks.
I meant not having an uplink report at all. Last week we didn't get one at all (I guess because of Thanksgiving). If we are talking about HD, then that's been an internity ago..
I meant not having an uplink report at all. Last week we didn't get one at all (I guess because of Thanksgiving). If we are talking about HD, then that's been an internity ago..
How long is an "internity" exactly? If it's as long as an "eternity," then I have to agree with you.
(sorry couldn't resist)
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