Welcome to another Satelliteguys DISH Network Retailer Chat Recap. As always we only report information from these chat which may be of interest to the consumer. We do not report on retailer sensitive items such as costs and earnings.
Todays show is hosted by Amir and Brian, they start by telling us how important it is to connect the receivers to the internet, 2011 is going to be all about connectivity and as the year goes on that message is going to get louder and be more important.
Effective February 1st, ClubDISH is being renmaed to DISH Friends and Family.
Looks like the 922 will be $200 via DISH'n It Up for all customer as of 2/1. (Some customers currently could pay up to $400 for a 922 under Dish'n it up currently.)
HD Platinum will be changing its name to DISH Platinum and will continue to be $10 a month, includes 21 channels plus provides access to 2,500 movies (this requires an HD DVR receiver with a broadband internet. (they are trying to play up the 2,500 movie titles almost like they will be free if you have the DISH Platinum package.
They go into the new pricing which are effective on 2/1.
The now move on to talking about OWN and show a video with Oprah. No mention of when OWN will launch in HD.
Now a guest from Showtime talking about Showtime. Nothing new here....
We now move onto marketing. And they are really pushing the Everyday Price Guarantee until 2013 message.
Now talking about Team Summit which is coming up in May in Denver.
The go to Blake who informs retailers 922's will qualify as a one or two tv install on new installs as of 2/1. After 2/1 922's will be packed with two remotes.
As of February 1st there will be NO one time activation fee for External Hard Drives.... however for 211 and 211k's to turn them into a DVR the $40 fee still applies.
Dish will not longer be accepting payments from Green Dot as of February 1st.
And with that they go to questions and wrap up the show.
Todays show is hosted by Amir and Brian, they start by telling us how important it is to connect the receivers to the internet, 2011 is going to be all about connectivity and as the year goes on that message is going to get louder and be more important.
Effective February 1st, ClubDISH is being renmaed to DISH Friends and Family.
Looks like the 922 will be $200 via DISH'n It Up for all customer as of 2/1. (Some customers currently could pay up to $400 for a 922 under Dish'n it up currently.)
HD Platinum will be changing its name to DISH Platinum and will continue to be $10 a month, includes 21 channels plus provides access to 2,500 movies (this requires an HD DVR receiver with a broadband internet. (they are trying to play up the 2,500 movie titles almost like they will be free if you have the DISH Platinum package.
They go into the new pricing which are effective on 2/1.
The now move on to talking about OWN and show a video with Oprah. No mention of when OWN will launch in HD.
Now a guest from Showtime talking about Showtime. Nothing new here....
We now move onto marketing. And they are really pushing the Everyday Price Guarantee until 2013 message.
Now talking about Team Summit which is coming up in May in Denver.
The go to Blake who informs retailers 922's will qualify as a one or two tv install on new installs as of 2/1. After 2/1 922's will be packed with two remotes.
As of February 1st there will be NO one time activation fee for External Hard Drives.... however for 211 and 211k's to turn them into a DVR the $40 fee still applies.
Dish will not longer be accepting payments from Green Dot as of February 1st.
And with that they go to questions and wrap up the show.
