What is Orby TV?????

[Juan]

$5 for each additional outlet per month. And $4 a month for DVR service a month per receiver (and you must buy the $200 DVR receiver)

Can you tell who makes the receivers?

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[comfortably_numb]

I think the big issue these guys will have is they are not using a higher powered DBS satellite, but a regular KU satellite

I'm very curious to know what their dish size will be

 

[Juan]

Very true, but the up-front costs are much higher for satellite than streaming video. Also, due to the way commercial bandwidth/CDN contracts work, the more you commit to, the less you pay per amount transferred. So, the more your customer base grows, the less it costs you to serve your customers on a per-customer basis. I am unsure at which point(s) the economics favor one or the other. Also, content acquisition costs apparently make up a disproportionate amount of the total for on-demand streaming, and I am unsure if/how that comes into play here or not.

Streaming = almost 0 truck rolls..thats a huge savings...streamers are far less complex than a sat box = huge savings..

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[Scott Greczkowski]

I'm very curious to know what their dish size will be

From their FAQ


How big is the dish?

It’s about 27 inches across and 18 inches high. The dimensions are similar to many other commonly seen home satellite dishes.

 

[harshness]

The bandwidth for this service is likely about $250k per month. Based on current distribution contracts for small providers, approx. 60% of their package cost will probably be for programming. Doesn't take too many customers at $20 to break even. In their case, I would guess that point to be at or less than 1k subscribers.

$250K/month would likely require customers numbering in the tens of thousands of subscribers. The content doesn't come free and there are no big discounts if you count your customers in the thousands.

Going back to the HDHomerun Premium TV example, they offer the same channel count with the "bonus" of ESPNs for $35 so maybe your clearing $15/month ($.61/channel). $250K/15 is 16,000 customers and that doesn't leave much if any room for overhead.

DISH is paying around $721 to install systems for existing subscribers (averaging somewhere between two and three TVs?) so they're not making any money there.

Then there is the cost of billing for a small-timer and even if they contract that out, it is likely to be measured in dollars per month.

 

[comfortably_numb]

From their FAQ


How big is the dish?

It’s about 27 inches across and 18 inches high. The dimensions are similar to many other commonly seen home satellite dishes.

Cool, so a 76cm dish would tune them in just fine, I'm assuming?

 

[(((Garyd)))]

Actually a lot of it is up there in FTA still. They havent encoded everything yet. Looks like a work in progress.

OK that's is why I send you the info I have no idea go to the retailer site there talking about it

 

[(((Garyd)))]

dish looks cheaply made check out the feed

 

[ncted]

Streaming = almost 0 truck rolls..thats a huge savings...streamers are far less complex than a sat box = huge savings..

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Yes, there are clearly many other aspects to running this kind of business.

 

[comfortably_numb]

Streaming = almost 0 truck rolls..thats a huge savings...streamers are far less complex than a sat box = huge savings..

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Orby outsources the installs and the customer pays for it

 

[Titanium]

My guess is that arithmetic is something that always eluded you.

Thanks for catching a typo. I corrected the post.

Notice how I was able to fix an error without acting like an A$$? LOL

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Orby outsources the installs and the customer pays for it

Yup customer pays $150 for the install.

 

[harshness]

I'm very curious to know what their dish size will be

We get that as it is the second time you've asked that question in a little over two hours.

You know how big a Ku DBS dish needs to be and it appears that they've gone large by using an elliptical dish (perhaps because they're using the NAFTA beam of a Mexican satellite slot that isn't exactly hot in the non-coastal regions of CONUS).

The one thing I find unique is that the polarization is linear and that will surely make installation more interesting for those not familiar with FTA.

 

[harshness]

Thanks for catching a typo. I corrected the post.

I was speaking of your assertion that break-even could be had at 1,000 subscribers.

 

[comfortably_numb]

they're using the NAFTA beam of a Mexican satellite slot that isn't exactly hot in the non-coastal regions of CONUS.

It's cheaper real estate. Luken did the same thing recently when they moved to 113.

 

[Titanium]

I was speaking of your assertion that break-even could be had at 1,000 subscribers.

Yes, I understood that you were attempting to belittle me. The post was corrected to the correct 10k (missing 0)

 

[ncted]

I'm very curious to know what their dish size will be

It is not all about size you know.

 

[primestar31]

It is not all about size you know.

...Things a guy never wants to hear from his wife on their wedding night... LOL

 

[comfortably_numb]

...Things a guy never wants to hear from his wife on their wedding night... LOL

Or ever!

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Just had an add pop up for it on Facebook.

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