Well Another Team Summit General Assembly is in the books and I got to be honest most of it was uneventful.
The big news was the news we broke last night and that was the news of AutoHop. This was a surprise to me, and in my tests it seems to work and work well. AutoHop makes watching television enjoyable again! Will the programmers like it? That remains to be seen, however since the original recording contains the commercials and is not edited in any way then it really is no different then a customer hitting the Skip Forward button a few times.
For me the other big news was the news of OTA and integrated Hopper support coming this summer. Now a lot of folks were expecting this, so they might not consider it news, but I got to be honest, with all the work they have done on the Hopper in just a few months time, this really is the best DVR system ever made. With the addition of OTA and dual hopper integration there really is no reason in the world not to get one. And with these additions I don't know what people are going to have to bitch about that's missing from the Hopper because even I have a hard time imagining what can be added to this thing. I also dont want to hear that DIRECTV's receiver is better because it has 5 tuners... with the dual Hopper integration we now have 6 seamless tuners, plus the DIRECTV box can not do Prime Time Anytime, AutoHop and share all recordings in any room of your house with full trick play.
The have made MAJOR progress on this receiver since releasing it on March 15th and more is yet to come!
On the programming front there were no real announcements, after the show I did ask some programming questions including asking about 3D and at this time there is no deal for the Olympics in 3D on DISH in addition there is no word on DISH ever offering live 3D content. In my two days here the feeling I get that the threat to drop AMC is real and I get the feeling this could turn into an unfortunate nasty battle. I got to be honest if it was not for these programming disputes DISH could be considered one of the best television providers in the United States. They are building up such a great brand now and these disputes do nothing but tarnish the brand they have been working so hard to build.
Besides the Hopper the other stars of the show were the guys from the Hopper ads. Their new Boston Hopper ads are so funny you can't help but to like them. To me the main character is a real life Peter Griffin from Family guy. These guys deserve their own TV show... and it could be the funniest TV show to come out of Boston since Cheers!
Speaking of marketing when Charlie was out talking about his vision for the future Charlie showed two videos, they were so well produced and so emotional, you couldn't help but feel good (and proud) watching them, besides the Boston Hopper ads which I am now a big fan of I have never really liked DISH's TV ads. If they could produce such touching emotional ads for Team Summit there is no reason they can't create such powerful TV ads. I was amazed by the quality and content of the ads!
There was not really anything interesting mentioned about new promotions, so I guess we will see what those promotions are come May 21st.
SO what was I expecting? Hard to say and while I did feel it was uneventful to a degree, I must say that the vision for the future of this company has me more excited then ever before!
The question now is what do YOU want to see from DISH in the future (besides 24 Hour HD RSN's Bob
)
Anyway those are my thoughts, now I can't wait to get into the Tech Expo and get out there and play!
Once again I need to THANK your SUPPORTING PUB MEMBERS for making this years Team Summit Coverage Possible!
More to come from Orlando!
.
The big news was the news we broke last night and that was the news of AutoHop. This was a surprise to me, and in my tests it seems to work and work well. AutoHop makes watching television enjoyable again! Will the programmers like it? That remains to be seen, however since the original recording contains the commercials and is not edited in any way then it really is no different then a customer hitting the Skip Forward button a few times.
For me the other big news was the news of OTA and integrated Hopper support coming this summer. Now a lot of folks were expecting this, so they might not consider it news, but I got to be honest, with all the work they have done on the Hopper in just a few months time, this really is the best DVR system ever made. With the addition of OTA and dual hopper integration there really is no reason in the world not to get one. And with these additions I don't know what people are going to have to bitch about that's missing from the Hopper because even I have a hard time imagining what can be added to this thing. I also dont want to hear that DIRECTV's receiver is better because it has 5 tuners... with the dual Hopper integration we now have 6 seamless tuners, plus the DIRECTV box can not do Prime Time Anytime, AutoHop and share all recordings in any room of your house with full trick play.
The have made MAJOR progress on this receiver since releasing it on March 15th and more is yet to come!
On the programming front there were no real announcements, after the show I did ask some programming questions including asking about 3D and at this time there is no deal for the Olympics in 3D on DISH in addition there is no word on DISH ever offering live 3D content. In my two days here the feeling I get that the threat to drop AMC is real and I get the feeling this could turn into an unfortunate nasty battle. I got to be honest if it was not for these programming disputes DISH could be considered one of the best television providers in the United States. They are building up such a great brand now and these disputes do nothing but tarnish the brand they have been working so hard to build.
Besides the Hopper the other stars of the show were the guys from the Hopper ads. Their new Boston Hopper ads are so funny you can't help but to like them. To me the main character is a real life Peter Griffin from Family guy. These guys deserve their own TV show... and it could be the funniest TV show to come out of Boston since Cheers!
Speaking of marketing when Charlie was out talking about his vision for the future Charlie showed two videos, they were so well produced and so emotional, you couldn't help but feel good (and proud) watching them, besides the Boston Hopper ads which I am now a big fan of I have never really liked DISH's TV ads. If they could produce such touching emotional ads for Team Summit there is no reason they can't create such powerful TV ads. I was amazed by the quality and content of the ads!
There was not really anything interesting mentioned about new promotions, so I guess we will see what those promotions are come May 21st.
SO what was I expecting? Hard to say and while I did feel it was uneventful to a degree, I must say that the vision for the future of this company has me more excited then ever before!
The question now is what do YOU want to see from DISH in the future (besides 24 Hour HD RSN's Bob
)Anyway those are my thoughts, now I can't wait to get into the Tech Expo and get out there and play!
Once again I need to THANK your SUPPORTING PUB MEMBERS for making this years Team Summit Coverage Possible!
More to come from Orlando!
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