AT&T and TPG finally close their sale.

[John2021]

It's going to be interesting to see how TGP handles this once the sats start failing!!!
as the sats start failing will more channels start disapearing from the sat service and goto streaming only my guess is yes
what about commerical subs that have crappy internet will they build another sat or lease space off another sat for them my guess is no

 

[navychop]

There is already another satellite abuilding and not far from launch.

And discussion on yet another.

 

[John2021]

There is already another satellite abuilding and not far from launch.

And discussion on yet another.

It's amazing of all of the Bullsh!t and speculation online about what TGP is going to do with it!!! i say that TGP is going to want to get out of it ASAP along with milking every cent out if it they can while running it into the ground!!!

 

[Jimbo]

It's amazing of all of the Bullsh!t and speculation online about what TGP is going to do with it!!! i say that TGP is going to want to get out of it ASAP along with milking every cent out if it they can while running it into the ground!!!

Thats thier motive from the Start, they were in it for the money, not to Run or Improve it, it's that way with everything they do ...
Thats just the business they are in.

 

[John2021]

Thats thier motive from the Start, they were in it for the money, not to Run or Improve it, it's that way with everything they do ...
Thats just the business they are in.

totally agree!!!

 

[b4pjoe]

There is already another satellite abuilding and not far from launch.

And discussion on yet another.

I believe that is DISH right. Not DIRECTV.

 

[Jimbo]

I believe that is DISH right. Not DIRECTV.

Probably, I don't see D* adding any, with everything being pushed to Streaming.

 

[navychop]

Yes. Echostar / Dish.

 

[slice1900]

There is already another satellite abuilding and not far from launch.

And discussion on yet another.

Where did you hear this? I haven't kept up on Directv as much as I used to, but I would have thought I'd hear about a new satellite.

 

[slice1900]

Since it sounds like Echostar is nearing bankruptcy, maybe Directv will get a lifeline as no doubt some chunk of the Dish refugees would sign up for Directv over their other options.

https://www.streamtvinsider.com/tec...ose-289k-pay-tv-subs-q2-bankruptcy-bells-toll

 

[b4pjoe]

Where did you hear this? I haven't kept up on Directv as much as I used to, but I would have thought I'd hear about a new satellite.

He was talking about Dish…not DIRECTV.

 

[John2021]

Since it sounds like Echostar is nearing bankruptcy, maybe Directv will get a lifeline as no doubt some chunk of the Dish refugees would sign up for Directv over their other options.

https://www.streamtvinsider.com/tec...ose-289k-pay-tv-subs-q2-bankruptcy-bells-toll

i guess that charlie is going to be forced to sell some spectrum to. things are not looking good for dish

 

[John2021]

FCC Chair urges EchoStar to sell spectrum in 'best and final offer' – report

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is directing EchoStar to sell AWS-4 spectrum assets, holdings that happen to be coveted by Elon Musk's SpaceX, reports Bloomberg. The report surfaced soon after EchoStar disclosed it made delayed interest payments as talks with the FCC continue.

www.lightreading.com

 

[John2021]

Since it sounds like Echostar is nearing bankruptcy, maybe Directv will get a lifeline as no doubt some chunk of the Dish refugees would sign up for Directv over their other options.

https://www.streamtvinsider.com/tec...ose-289k-pay-tv-subs-q2-bankruptcy-bells-toll

With as many people pissing and moaning that dish don't have the rsns you would have thought they would have went with direct

 

[John2021]

Since it sounds like Echostar is nearing bankruptcy, maybe Directv will get a lifeline as no doubt some chunk of the Dish refugees would sign up for Directv over their other options.

https://www.streamtvinsider.com/tec...ose-289k-pay-tv-subs-q2-bankruptcy-bells-toll

I heard tgp has or had an interest in dish also.. pure speculation though... though it makes you wonder if another merger could happen but under different terms. I say let either one of them go bankrupt and buy everything for pennies on the dollar. The 2.00 deal didn't make no sense what so ever. What in the hell was direct thinking!!!

 

[navychop]

With as many people pissing and moaning that dish don't have the rsns you would have thought they would have went with direct

I think that happed long ago.

 

[Bruce]

With as many people pissing and moaning that dish don't have the rsns you would have thought they would have went with direct

Why would the RSNs even matter?

DirecTV has them, yet has lost more subscribers than Dish, both in numbers and percentages.

YouTubeTV does not have them, yet is now at 9.4 Million subscribers, rumored to have more customers than all of DirecTV and the only Paid Live TV Service that has shown growth since it started.

 

[lordodogg]

How else are they seeing their local teams if they have an RSNless service?

 

[KyL416]

How else are they seeing their local teams if they have an RSNless service?

If they care about their local teams, nearly every RSN except Houston's Space City (Rockets and Astros) now has a D2C platform

 

[Jimbo]

If they care about their local teams, nearly every RSN now has a D2C platform

Great idea ...
more platforms and subscriptions to deal with .... UGH