Directv should send AT&t a thank you card.

[Zellio2008]

What other business is so kind as to make your previously bad hd extra packs look good to new customers?

 

[jcrandall]

I think we'll see something like an HD Premium on many providers in the next year or two. As more and more unique channels come out like Smithsonian, CI, etc, they'll get bigger.

I think it's alot like HDNet and Discovery Theater were in the early days of HD, you're paying a lot for a little because it is unique, looks great, and fewer people are subscribing to it.

 

[Van]

It'll only be a promotional price to get customers in as fast as possible to soften the red tape. It's only a matter of time before direct follows Charlies example and charges higher rates for hd packages.

 

[Zellio2008]

People don't go for one channel as a premium. You've got the majority of subscribers on dish, directv, and fios wanting hundreds of channels, you aren't gonna get the main group to subscribe to one little channel.

For a new service like AT&t uverse, which only has 40 total hd channels, you probably could, but good luck convincing comsumers expecting alot of channels to subscribe to 1.

Now the price increase, is a good alternative...

 

[Sori4mvp]

We already pay 10 bucks extra for HD, I think it's silly to pay an extra 5 for the extra pack for a handful of more channels. I do it of course, but I think it's silly!

 

[hdtvtechno]

We already pay 10 bucks extra for HD, I think it's silly to pay an extra 5 for the extra pack for a handful of more channels. I do it of course, but I think it's silly!

So you saying that customers should be forced to pay the extra 5 bucks along with the basic HD package $10 ?