New Dish Retailer Chat this morning

[Scherrman]

I'm rewatching the retailer chat right now and they are going over the upcoming promotions for 8/1.

It looks like a lot of the major current promotions are staying. Still get all 4 movie packs free for 3 months.

They are offering the Heartland package with the Top 120 for $29.99/mo for 12 months. They're calling it "Familytime Favorites" Bundle.

To avoid confusion with the Familytime Favorites bundle they are changing the name of DishFamily to the Smart Pack.

The $6 DVR fee and $4 whole home DVR fee are going to become a single line item of $10 DVR service fee on your bill for Hopper accounts.

I'll post more if I find anything else worth noting.

 

[javigr]

No update to hooper upgrade cost?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Why do they keep changing package names? It confuses the hell out of people.

 

[ashutto20]

I asked about the movie channels for free for 3 months just the other day and was told there is no such deal avaiable...

Anything I can do about it???

 

[whitewolf8214]

Right when you get used to a package name Dish changes it again

 

[whitewolf8214]

I asked about the movie channels for free for 3 months just the other day and was told there is no such deal avaiable...

Anything I can do about it???

Contact a Dirt Team on here

 

[rajmarie]

Why do they keep changing package names? It confuses the hell out of people.

Its purely marketing prespective...& in time to increase the price of that package.

 

[Scherrman]

I asked about the movie channels for free for 3 months just the other day and was told there is no such deal avaiable...

Anything I can do about it???

The movie channels are a promotion for new customers.

 

[satjay]

Safe to assume no Multisport/Redzone promotions coming up?

 

[rickhammond]

I just called them about HBO for half price for 6 months, and ended up with HBO & Starz for half price.

 

[gpollock87]

dish family made more sense than the smart pack.

 

[navychop]

dish family made more sense than the smart pack.

Absolutely. Makes me lose faith in this "new" marketing team.

 

[Scherrman]

I'm not sure the name change has much to do with the new marketing department. They had the new CMO on the chat and he was talking about how he wants to focus on showing the value Dish offers instead of just being the lowest price. I really feel he's going to do some good things.

 

[gpollock87]

I'm not sure the name change has much to do with the new marketing department. They had the new CMO on the chat and he was talking about how he wants to focus on showing the value Dish offers instead of just being the lowest price. I really feel he's going to do some good things.

what good things do you think he will do?

 

[Scherrman]

Just building the brand basically. Making Dish a top-of-mind type of company. He seemed to do well at P&G.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

For a "new" company it sure runs a hell of a lot like the old one.

What has really changed at the "new" Dish?

 

[Bobby]

The names on top....

 

[gpollock87]

For a "new" company it sure runs a hell of a lot like the old one.

What has really changed at the "new" Dish?

dropped network from the name?

 

[Mojo Jojo]

dish family made more sense than the smart pack.

Does that make a customer unintelligent if he or she does not sub to the Smart Pack? LOL Maybe Dish will add "non-family" channels to it...Who knows?

 

[Mojo Jojo]

dropped network from the name?

Yes, Dish did.