Dish: If Comcast Can Buy Time Warner Cable, We Can Buy DirecTV
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. A lot of companies buy out bigger companies. It's all in the financing. For example Pennzoil always bought a bigger company .
I'd love to see Dish take over Direct, would make people stop with the empty threats of switching if they weren't happy about getting everything for free and with a bow on it!
I'm not married to a TV provider or any corporation for that matter. If I'm going to spend my hard earned money on a service every month, I need to be happy with that service or move on to someone else. Believe it or not, they are supposed to work for us, not the other way around. You think the best option is to buy out their competition so they don't have to worry about making their customers happy anymore? I think a better option is focusing on offering great packages, service, and equipment instead so customers don't want to leave. I'm not saying that they aren't trying to do this but your hypothetical scenario is a little scary to me.
By your logic, we may as well have a monopoly in every industry. That way those whiny customers will quit shopping around for the best service and price. Big business is doing okay already. I'm not sure why anyone would advocate for less choice unless they are a major shareholder in the company taking over.
People would still switch providers. Instead of satellite they would just go to FiOS, Uverse, or their local cable company. Most people would still have more than one option for TV.
the Dish-DirecTV merger would be bad right now because Rural area would have no choice. right now, there's little choice between Dish and Direct. and Rural areas still don't have good choices in high speed internet, you ether get cell phone internet, wireless DSL or Satellite internet and not to mention the data caps internet companies force upon it's customers which means you can't watch TV online.
Must not have gotten the memo, the new business model in the USA is to buy out your competition and either liquidate them or leverage them to your advantage. In the meantime, customers complain about poor customer service, other customers complain about paying more for others perks, and company employees complain about whiny, self-entitled customers. And then, when you become big enough, you farm out CS to a third world nation and avoid pesky customers and their petty complaints altogether.
Employee ownership is the business model way to go.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/brianso...ople-first-culture-is-winning-the-grocer-war/
Let's just get it over with and have one super-corporation that owns everything...oh yeah, that's been done already, and everyone knows how efficient the government is.
Unfortunately, that's where we seem to be headed when it comes to Comcast and the FCC/Justice Dept keeps letting them get away it. Bloomberg had a good article on what Comcast's CEO envisions for the company. http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-02-20/comcasts-ambitions-go-beyond-cable-to-digital
Yup, He wants Comcast to offer pretty much everything when it comes to Media, Entertainment, and Telecommunications and of course he wants us all to subscribe and not b**** about it (and I'm sure he'll gladly rip us off as well). He's already pretty close to doing it. Take a look:
TV Provider: Comcast says- you want tv, you come to us if we're available. Don't bother even looking at Satellite. The signal always goes out in bad weather. The Truth: We all know the Satellite myth is BS.
TV Broadcaster: Comcast says- We own NBC and Telemundo, the best TV networks in the world. Don't even bother looking at Fox, ABC, or CBS or Univision. They only broadcast crap. The truth: Everyone has different tastes when it comes to TV. Thank god for competition there.
TV Programmer: Comcast says- We own 20 cable channels plus a whole bunch of regional sports channels and they're awesome. Don't bother watching anything not owned by us. Why? Well, if nobody watches those other channels, there ratings go down and we won't have to pay as much for or even drop them all together and we'll pass the savings on to you! The truth: They wish they could be able to do that without consequences and no, they'll keep all the profits themselves and even raise prices just for the hell of it.
Internet Provider: Comcast says- If you want high speed internet, you come to us. Don't even look at Satellite Internet or AT&T; those guys have data caps.The truth: If Comcast is the only wireline high speed internet provider available, then you may not have much of a choice there. And I wouldn't be surprised if they try to put their own data caps in the future.
Home phone: Comcast says- If you need home phone, bundle it with TV and Internet and it's a great deal. The Truth: There are quite a few devices out now that can give you reliable home phone service for a lot less.
Movie Studio: Comcast says- We own Universal Studios which makes the best movies in the world. The Truth: Just like with TV, Everyone has different tastes when it comes to movies. Again thank god for competition (although it's really an oligopoly at this point).
Amusement Park: Comcast says- Take the kids to Universal Studios in Hollywood or Orlando, the coolest parks in the world. The Truth: A lot of kids would disagree and choose Disney. And it's not like Universal's prices are really any cheaper either.
Wireless: OK Comcast is not in the wireless business yet, but they are offering gift cards if you purchase Verizon Wireless service through their website. Honestly though, if the Comcast-TWC merger goes through, I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to merge with Verizon in the forseeable future. Just my 2 cents.
Another example of a company owning almost everything is Bell Canada. They pretty much own everything except for a movie studio and an amusement park. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Canada
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It's been proven time and again a little graft and corruption .............. errrr I meant effective lobbying can pretty much get anybody anything they want in D.C.
TV Provider: Comcast says- you want tv, you come to us if we're available. Don't bother even looking at Satellite. The signal always goes out in bad weather. The Truth: We all know the Satellite myth is BS.
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I know several in this area that have downed power lines and have cable out for several days, while people with dishes still have service, so definitely BS with always working on bad weather.
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I know several in this area that have downed power lines and have cable out for several days, while people with dishes still have service, so definitely BS with always working on bad weather.
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If Dish even tried to buy Directv, I will personally go to congress and mess the entire deal up on the sole principal that Dish stole from me.
No offense but don't the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few? Find a way that Dish can clear up satellite bandwidth for 4K services in a world of content delivery that is rapidly changing and you could have a point.
I'm fine with that argument. Just don't make it about one person. That said, I don't see where Dish is going to be able to clear out bandwidth for 4K.
