Team Summit 2019

[c-spand]

The show opens with Brian Neylon hitting the stage, welcoming DISH Nation to Team Summit.

He says this is a new beginning for DISH and with wireless this will be a New Beginning for DISH... only bigger.

Brian invites Amir Ahmed on stage. They chat for a bit and them Amir announces Niraj Desai, VP of Product Management for DISH.

They talk about the Hopper 1 being slow.. what can DISH do to improve the performance. They introduce the Hopper Snap which plugs in the upper USB port of the Hopper 1 or 2 and it gives the performance increase like a Hopper 3.

They give a demo and the guide speeds are amazingly fast.

Hopper Snap will be available May 16th.

They talk about the time the software update process for new Hoppers, in September retailers can download the latest software to a USB drive and plug it into new Hoppers for faster installs.

Later this year updates will be available from Android devices, just plug your phone into the Hopper to download the latest software.

In August you will be able to setup using a single WIFI access code, big time saver for installers.

Now on to DISH Anywhere... DISH is adding more live channels to DISH Anywhere, meaning anyone can watch anywhere.

Amir says they are getting questions about when will DISH Anywhere be available on Apple TV and Roku... and I didn't hear an answer. (I found that confusing)

They show off the new OTA meter coming this year.

Next on to AIRTV. They show off the 3 new AIRTV products.

The show the AirTV dongle which will be available in July.
AirTV 2 will be coming for $100 in September.
AirTV Plus DVR will be available in November, with 4 tuners and a 1TB hard drive.

They introduce DISH Fiber which is 1 GB internet matches with Video. For use in commercial environments.

Now on to Hospitality, they talk about their Evolve Box which is used in Hotels.

Now on to the Hopper, which they call the best set top box in the world.

They talk about Voice Control. And announce Google Assistant on the Hopper, which will launch later this year. Of course this will be added at no extra cost.

Gene LeNois from Google joins them on stage with one more thing... They talk about Google Nest Products... and Amir says we need to give something away to everyone here for free... They announce a Google Home Hub for each dealership.

And with the Gene and Naraj leave the stage.

Now onto Marketing... Out on the stage comes Jay Roth the head of Marketing.

Jay says he has some big announcement to make.

DISH is going on the Offense in 2019.

He shows a new ad campaign for why people should switch to DISH.

There will be new offers for retailers to make more sales...

A new qualification process.

A relaunch of DISH Latino

(Note because this is a retailer event I won't go into specifics on offers, earnings etc...)

DISH is the leader of Great Technology, Great Customer Service, And Great overall value.

DISH is #1 is 4 JD Power Awards... including #1 in overall Customer Satisfaction.

And today they announce they were voted #1 by JD Powers in In-Home Service Technicians.

New campaign is "Why we do... what we do" a demo video is shown..

Then two new TV commercials are shown... First ad shows installers and what they do. Second ad show show why the product designers do what they do... It showcases that the Hopper is the hub of the entertainment in peoples home.

He then goes into special offers for special segments. DISH is going big in small towns.

Specials for Military (Including veterans) and First Responders... Free Upgrade to Hopper 2 or 3. This will allow the deployed to watch TV from home. Movie Night on DISH, 1 movie a month for free. New Stars and Stripes package a value of $500 in the first two years. Available for new and existing comers May 23rd.

55+ Segment Special... they will get DISH Protect Gold with one truck roll for the price of DISH Protect silver. First on Demand Movie a month is FREE. A $300 value. Available May 16th.

New Core Offer... no changes in promotional pricing.

He then goes into the new qualification process. No more asking people for their social security number... they only ask for the last 4 digits.

On to DISH Latino...

DISH wants to be the #1 TV provider with the Latino community. DISH is partnering with Univision and a Univision video is shown. The crowd goes nuts, the are so happy to have Univision back on DISH.

They launch a El Nuevo Dish Latino promotion and show a video.

Somos para ti - "we are for you" is their new campaign name. A commercial is shown.

Amir returns back to the stage again. In this section Amir will get into very specific dealer stuff.. so won't go into to many details here.

Amir tells people they are helping make their customers lives better.

He talks about Smarthome Technology and tells retailers this is the perfect market for DISH Retailers.

Alfredo Rodriguez the head of DISH Latino joins Amir. They joke on stage about Amir lack of Spanish skills. Alfredo makes fun of Amir in Spanish. Those who understand Spanish are laughing.

They thanks retailers for the patience during the Univision takedown. They go over the DISH Latino that was announced before.

They announce their new DISH Latino brand ambassador Eugenio Derbez who comes on the stage and talks about DISH Latino.

Amir recaps and closes the show.... photos will be be posted in a moment...

Thats great! My girlfriend is a first responder. I don't know of any other tv company offering that. Thank you for the intel really appreciate that. Keep up the great work.

 

[glynnp]

I’d need two.


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You can get a$ many a$ you need.

 

[Miner]

I'd like a hopper snap (or 2) as well. I am still pretty happy with my HWS (keep one in reserve as a spare). When I scaled back to 1 active and added my 4k joey, I feared I'd suffer from tuner shortages, but almost a year with a single HWS, have had only an occasional tuner shortage. I would get those even when I had both HWSs running.

I would, however like to have it respond faster.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Hopper snap.

It is neat it takes the graphics processing for the menus as does it via this external USB adapter.

With this Snap on a Hopper 1 the menus are faster then having a Hopper 2.

I will shoot video of it tomorrow.

 

[dare2be]

So, if you plug the Hopper Snap into a H3, you'd go back in time?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Time to play name that celeb.

Anyone recognize this 80’s icon?

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[charlesrshell]

Time to play name that celeb.

Anyone recognize this 80’s icon?

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I give up, who is she? Have you been working out Scott? You look in shape.

 

[DWS44]

Time to play name that celeb.

Anyone recognize this 80’s icon?

I give up, who is she? Have you been working out Scott? You look in shape.

Blair!

 

[DWS44]

So, if you plug the Hopper Snap into a H3, you'd go back in time?

Something about connecting through the new Google Assistant to turn all your existing room lamps into an array of recording lights.

Oops...err...hope I didn't break that news too early.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I give up, who is she? Have you been working out Scott? You look in shape.

I am down 100 pounds to 214. Still have about 40 to go. I think I still look fat lol.

I stopped drinking soda and only drink water. I have also stopped eating to finish everything on my plate and now just eat until I start feeling full.

I feel better than I have in a long time.


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[dennispap]

Time to play name that celeb.

Anyone recognize this 80’s icon?

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Lisa Whelchel

 

[dennispap]

any price on the SNAP ?

 

[osumike]

Blair!

He's right... It's Blair

 

[osumike]

I have to share this.. I posted the picture of the hopper snap info on the group text thread our crew of techs use. One of our guys sent this reply:

Why get a new, better piece of equipment when we can shine this turd up real nice for you

 

[charlesrshell]

I am down 100 pounds to 214. Still have about 40 to go. I think I still look fat lol.

I stopped drinking soda and only drink water. I have also stopped eating to finish everything on my plate and now just eat until I start feeling full.

I feel better than I have in a long time.


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Looking sharp Scott, keep up the good work.

 

[Bobby]

I have to share this.. I posted the picture of the hopper snap info on the group text thread our crew of techs use. One of our guys sent this reply:

Why get a new, better piece of equipment when we can shine this turd up real nice for you

Can anyone say lipstick on a pig!

 

[charlesrshell]

I have to share this.. I posted the picture of the hopper snap info on the group text thread our crew of techs use. One of our guys sent this reply:

Why get a new, better piece of equipment when we can shine this turd up real nice for you

Yep, and still have a red recording lite. navychop is going to love it.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

any price on the SNAP ?

Free. . They want to keep you as a customer and they don’t want to spend a lot of money to upgrade you to a newer Hopper if they don’t have to.

And let’s face it many people love their shoppers and Hopper 2’s but they are slow. This solves that problem.


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[navychop]

Actually, the “4K” aspect of the Hopper 3 is beginning to appeal.


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[charlesrshell]

Actually, the “4K” aspect of the Hopper 3 is beginning to appeal.


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Are you kidding me!