Another retrans fight. This has gotten very old

[harshness]

This quarterly report, from May of this year,

http://files.shareholder.com/downlo...38584C746CE/DISH_Q1_2015_Investor_Summary.pdf

says $86.01 is the "Average revenue per user".

The Q2 report from the other guys was an ARPU of $109.93.

What does this have to do with carriage negotiations?

 

[ChadT41]

Troch asked about the average difference in a previous post. This was the response to it.

 

[navychop]

If ... If ... If...

If pigs had wings they'd be pigeons.

 

[ChadT41]

If ... If ... If...

If pigs had wings they'd be pigeons.

Thought that was rats.

 

[stardust3]

Either 1 tastes like chicken.

 

[Tampa8]

Lol

 

[dishcomm]

Yup...Charlotte's turn to be involved in one of these...just saw a screen crawl going across WCNC (CLT NBC).

No biggie here, have the channel via OTA, and only watch sports on the channel on occasion, so no real need for guide data.

I live in Union county not far from the Meck line. WCNC's signal is marginal at best. But it's doable.
Ef these retrans fights.
We as consumers should not bear the brunt of them.

 

[thomasjk]

I get a reasonably strong signal here in Mint Hill.

 

[dsmith0429]

I just wish the locals would just go FTA, they're free over the air via antenna anyway, why should the satellite services be allowed to scramble them and make us pay for them? Not only that, but they don't even provide all the channels/sub-channels in our market in the 1st place. Doesn't make much sense to me...

 

[KAB]

I just wish the locals would just go FTA, they're free over the air via antenna anyway, why should the satellite services be allowed to scramble them and make us pay for them? Not only that, but they don't even provide all the channels/sub-channels in our market in the 1st place. Doesn't make much sense to me...

It should.

 

[ChadT41]

Locals are available for free for you currently. You can even run it through your Dish receiver to record with no additional costs. You can pick up he sub channels not carried by satellite, and record those as well.

 

[navychop]

Thought that was rats.

Either 1 tastes like chicken.

Lol

Ok. If pigs had wings - don't look up!

 

[ChadT41]

Would that be air bacon? Bacon lite?

 

[dishcomm]

Here's a question...

For all the times Dish is "fighting for the consumers" and "holding the line against price increases" with these disputes, shouldn't Dish be GREATLY cheaper than competitors?

Please don't act like Dish (Direct, et al) don't "spin" their side as much as locals do.

Just a minute....Now before you go off on a theory, think about this....If Satco A is paying Blow Torch Communication for their signals, would it not be logical for satco B to be paying roughly the same price?

 

[Hall]

Locals are available for free for you currently. You can even run it through your Dish receiver to record with no additional costs. You can pick up he sub channels not carried by satellite, and record those as well.

But you can't tell Dish to drop the locals and get a credit in return.

 

[MikeD-C05]

What's up with Tegna today? I don't see the blue scrawl at the bottom of my screen telling me that I will lose my local Abc station if I don't call and tell DISH. Could they have already settled it before the deadline tonight?

 

[Tampa8]

Just a minute....Now before you go off on a theory, think about this....If Satco A is paying Blow Torch Communication for their signals, would it not be logical for satco B to be paying roughly the same price?

To be fair his point I think would be getting into these disputes should result in paying less than providers who don't have as many. Taken individually it may not be much of a savings, but accumulated including RSN's I do believe there is a savings to DISH. It at least plays a part of why I pay so much less for the same service I would have with Direct TV. Direct is a relative newcomer to not just signing contracts or picking up every sports entity.

 

[Juan]

To be fair his point I think would be getting into these disputes should result in paying less than providers who don't have as many. Taken individually it may not be much of a savings, but accumulated including RSN's I do believe there is a savings to DISH. It at least plays a part of why I pay so much less for the same service I would have with Direct TV. Direct is a relative newcomer to not just signing contracts or picking up every sports entity.

They save when the channel is pulled..the longer it's off..the fatter Charlie wallet gets

 

[whitewolf8214]

Dish Network, Tegna up after 24-hour extension of carriage talks
Sep 30 2015, 10:32 ET | By: Jason Aycock, SA News Editor
Dish Network (DISH +4.6%) and Tegna (TGNA +3.5%) have holstered weapons with a 24-hour cease fire in their dispute over retransmission consent, which was coming to a head with an expiration of their current deal at 7 p.m.Tegna has 51 stations in 39 markets at risk of going dark on the satellite broadcaster if there's no new deal.Other companies still facing down before "blackout night": Tribune Media and AT&T U-verse, and Media General and DirecTV. http://seekingalpha.com/news/280403...4-hour-extension-of-carriage-talks#email_link

 

[ChadT41]

But you can't tell Dish to drop the locals and get a credit in return.

To be fair, you are technically not charged anything extra for the locals anymore. They are just included in the package price. Years past, it had a completely seperate charge.