I'm getting to the point of thinking its getting pretty anal in regards to whether or not the 100 channel number is the final judge of whether or not DirecTV reaches its target this year. If so, does ONLY having 90 give them an A? Is 80 a B, and so on? Would 105 mean A plus with honors?
From my point of view, what they did in 2004 was make a formal and public committment to purchase the sats and infrastructure to be able to provide a huge increase in bandwidth by end of 2007. They put ALL of the content providers on notice that they expect them to be ready for it in that timeframe. They say that have engagd at least 70 of them - I would guess more by now.
If the sats go up, if they quiickly add 50 or more channels and reach at or above the 100 mark by March or April you will never convince me that they didn't work hard to achieve their stated goals.
From my point of view, what they did in 2004 was make a formal and public committment to purchase the sats and infrastructure to be able to provide a huge increase in bandwidth by end of 2007. They put ALL of the content providers on notice that they expect them to be ready for it in that timeframe. They say that have engagd at least 70 of them - I would guess more by now.
If the sats go up, if they quiickly add 50 or more channels and reach at or above the 100 mark by March or April you will never convince me that they didn't work hard to achieve their stated goals.