Dish Network Earnings Call

[Scott Greczkowski]

Charlie is talking about Echostar 15 which is being built to replace AMC-14 plus Echostar 14 which will launch in 2010.

 

[yaz96]

Q
Voom channels what does this mean in lt carriage of these channels,
A:
Charlie the Voom channels we are going to take the Voom channels down have already took down 2/3 rdaand will take down the rest when we can; We can replace those channels with other channels of comperative value.

OK Charlie, count the number of hours of commercial-free HD on VOOM, now count the number of hours of HD on the channels you added yesterday. Where's the comparitive(?) "value" or even comparable programming? DUMBASS!

 

[dfergie]

We have 2 more launches this year... we have one scheduled for 2010 (2 under construction) 4 total...

 

[dfergie]

Charlie: We missed the HD window last year as we concentrated on the HD Dvr..we missed some opportunities there...

 

[navychop]

"...we have been suppling mpeg 4 boxes exclusivlly for about 2 years..."


Huh? On what planet?

 

[tman1991]

wow since all Voom is going away, I really might have to look at Direct now.. They picked up a couple Skyangel channels and they have Locals in HD now..

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Now Charlie is talking about his Management style as playing poker, sometimes you need to fold for 10 hours in order to win the big pot.

 

[rad]

Charlie: We missed the HD window last year as we concentrated on the HD Dvr..we missed some opportunities there...

Sorry but that sounds like a bogus excuse, unless the HD DVR engineers are also working on the uplink and programming units.

 

[dfergie]

"We bet when we have cards and are patient when we don't, we have a team that is working together and is focused... we have a tough competitor" "Directv is hitting on one more cylinder than we are right now"

 

[tman1991]

wow.. thats akin to adding 22 channels and then pitching 15 and calling it a sum of 22 channels. Logic isnt there folks.. Wow hes really struggling with this false advertising!

 

[mdonnelly]

Charlie: We missed the HD window last year as we concentrated on the HD Dvr..we missed some opportunities there...

Duh! Like Christmas, the Super Bowl, ... Lots of people buying HD television sets, looking for a provider with lots of HD channels.

 

[dfergie]

Number crunching...

 

[wayne231]

wait till he gets to the part about leasing units instead of selling units because it will increase profits and reduce churn.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Charlie is just rambling now. I can hear him talking but have no idea what hes saying...

On to next caller.

 

[tman1991]

what are they defining churn as. people leaving, switching or something else?

 

[Dugout Doug]

Are any of you guys in business???

He is being fairly honest in what I am reading, he is going as far as to complement D*.

I heard nothing but **** about Voom for the time I have been following this board, I can;t see it being this much of a loss people.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Charlie says that there is a receiver with built in Sling Technology coming.

 

[Apologist]

What an idiot.

 

[dfergie]

Charlie: slingbox, there is no reason that slingbox couldn't be integrated with the Echostar boxes... Broadband is becoming part of the landscape.
Q: Are there patents to keep other providers from doing what slingbox does?
A: look at tivo...

 

[rhdj]

Monsters Hd will be a major hit for me, I can get everything else Dish offers from D. Sounds crazy but I signed on with dish because of some of the Voom, that no one carriers. Charlie sezs there is no demand,he did not ask me! I know Voom had plenty of repaeats, and some channels I never watch,but I enjoyed the movie channels. There is nothing out there to compare to Monsters HD!