You have to be a subscriber to read the whole thing.Here is the Wall Street journal article it seesm to be worded more clearly.
Dish Net Subscribers Decline in 2nd Quarter - WSJ.com
You have to be a subscriber to read the whole thing.Here is the Wall Street journal article it seesm to be worded more clearly.
Dish Net Subscribers Decline in 2nd Quarter - WSJ.com
Scherrman said:You'd be surprised how many customers call us regarding channels. I look forward to football season when they call and ask every Saturday morning to find out what channel the Iowa football game is on.
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I don't think you are correct. the 665,000 figure is gross but the loss is described as a net loss not the gross loss.
655K net is a reachable number...if it were 2002 and not 2012. I'm glad somebody clarified this was the "gross" number of additions. Regardless, the pay TV market is mature and saturated and, with the exception of Verizon and AT&T who are building-out their networks, video customers are hard to come by these days...and they're not very loyal.
Besides, the only way Dish is going to add 655K net subscribers per quarter is for Charlie to provide a lap dance for each new customer. And who and the hell wants a lap dance from Charlie?![]()
Here's a "Big Picture" article...they beat expectations...and stock price is going up.
Dish Lost 10,000 Net Subscribers in Second Quarter - Businessweek
Apologies. Did not catch yours.Isn't that the same article from above?
Contrary to the huffing and puffing one might read at sites like this when a provider drops a channel, no doubt that only a tiny percentage of people will really end up switching.Note: The Q2 quarter ended on June 30 so Dish would have made all those additions before Dish dropped the AMC channels.
Well, sorry if I misled everyone with the title. In the 1st article, it looked like it was stating the Dish gained 665k subs (gross) and lost 10k subs for a net gain of 655k subs. Looks like I was dead wrong on this one.
They did not lose 650,000. They lost 10k.Seems like Dish is not really gaining any ground with adding subscribers. They have not really gained any ground for what, two or three years now? If they lose 650,000 gross that means 1 in 20 subscribers are leaving Dish Network every quarter or 1 in 5 subscribers leave each year. To me, that looks really bad. When you go over several years, every two years that may pan out to 1 in 2.5 subscribers and three years 1 in 1.25 Many people are switching providers all the time to get the best deals. They have to add just as many as they are losing to keep the count up. It takes them what, a few years to break even on a customer? And if my math is correct an average of 1 in 2.5 subscribers quits after the end of two years in which is when most people's contracts are up. I am surprised that they have not come out with three year contracts yet.
10 k net 650,000 actually dumped dishThey did not lose 650,000. They lost 10k.