After meeting DIRECTV I understand why they were not on the floor. They are working on things and they are not ready yet. In the room we got to see what they are working on and were asked to keep it under our hat.
As I said before it would not surprise me to see them have a booth next year when they have something ready that they want to show off.
Scott- I see this for what it is not what others want it to be. DTV let you in on this as well as ( I assume) others unknown to you to keep the interest up in a company failing to innovate. You claim they let satelliteguys in but that is not so. They let
you in and then asked you keep this under your lid secret from satelliteguys. Personally, I don't care what DirecTV has in their heads for the future. Unless they can actually compete with IPTV on that price scale their business will suffer the same fate as broadcast TV, and cable.
There is no excuse for a company to claim they don't show what they have because they haven't been ready now for what? 5-6 years? Frankly, I believe that whatever they have in their imagination will be obsolete buy the time they are ready and that is why they really don't want to show. CES is all about showing two areas of technology, concepts and new products. By your description DTV has either a concept of just an empty box with some ideas they want to develop. If it was a real working concept, they have no excuse to hide because that is what the CES show is about. Plus, we must never forget that these two companies, Dish and DirecTV are content delivery businesses, not home electronics businesses. If they don't have content, they are nothing. So, what can these satellite companies offer that gets us all excited? Original content maybe? That is a risky gamble but today, it is the only thing that keeps broadcast TV alive.
In reviewing the company from a financial viewpoint, DTV has been buying back their stock with their profits. They do not invest in R&D as do other peers. DTV intends to go private, IMO. They began this move in 2006. Curious that is about when DirecTV stopped innovating and stopped showing up at CES. How does Dish use it's profits? R&D, diversification, and M&A. So which company is looking to future growth?
