I couldnt agree with you more neighborNot that one 8+ year customer matters to Charlie but I am only going to wait so long for SpeedHD. I understand the hold up was the law suit with News Corp but that was settled. I also could care less about FoxHD or most of the other new HD channels (but certainly respect those where it does matter). This household watches OTA network HD during the week and NASCAR on weekends. We are paying $130 per month and do not have our favorite channel -- a channel Direct has had now for well over a year. That sucks!
I wrote to ceo@echostar.com on Friday asking specifically about Speed HD. The reply was "no information available about that" or some such nonsense, but they would forward my request to programming. This is deal breaker for me and I told them so. Amazing that a member of their "Problem Resolution" department isn't empowered to share "secret" info to save a customer - or isn't privy to info that could save a customer.
Speed HD should be next with FX HD, now that the Fox News lawsuit was settled.
Cartoon Network and Nickeloden are great babysitters and or pacifiers. Many people would rather have good kids programming, that is why they are so important to many subscribers. On the cnbc front, gimme a break. Sure more people watch cnbc than msnbc, but the number is probably less than 100. Would not be suprised to see both networks fold this year.I can not understand why they have channels like cnbc, cartoon network in hd, coming soon Nickelodeon. in HD. As a business man it seems to me that they would know how fricken popular Nascar is, and have Speed and FX in HD. Even the Outdoor Channel would be a favorite in HD. Instead they waist the bandwith
with these stupid channels with more stupid channels in HD on the way.
On the cnbc front, gimme a break. Sure more people watch cnbc than msnbc, but the number is probably less than 100. Would not be suprised to see both networks fold this year.
The latest numbers from TV Newser are here...
Basically there's Fox News and then there's everyone else...
I don' t think they have the business news ratings at Newser...
So what kind of chance do we have in getting this tomorrow in time for the Duels on Thursday???