DTV & DISHTV, Wife said she heard they are merging next week on CNBC today?

[LQQK]

Is this true?

 

[vlad_]

DirecTV, Dish near merger agreement, Bloomberg reports - TipRanks.com

DirecTV and Dish are in advanced talks to merge in a deal that would create the largest U.S. pay-TV provider, with almost 20M subscribers, Bloomberg’s Michelle F Da...

www.tipranks.com

 

[navychop]

Seems likely to just be a rumor.

 

[That American Girl]

Im not sure.. we just got an update saying..."no comment" essentially

 

[Tvland1]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D92AZ2ntVE-E&ved=2ahUKEwi1koHF8eOIAxVdM9AFHZvxHaQQorILKAB6BAgdEAE&usg=AOvVaw3_j65PlhHn7PcZyIOYPsG3

 

[n0qcu]

I f they do actually sell DISH to DTV I will most likely cancel as I will not do DTV

 

[Jimbo]

I f they do actually sell DISH to DTV I will most likely cancel as I will not do DTV

Or will it be the other way around ?

Its a Merger, not a sale of.

 

[Jimbo]

DirecTV, Dish reportedly close to reaching a merger agreement — which could bring in more than 20M subscribers

DirecTV and Dish are in advanced talks to merge in a deal that could create the largest US pay-TV provider, with more than 20 million subscribers, according to multiple reports. The agreement could…

nypost.com

This one says it could happen as early as Monday ... ???

 

[vlad_]

CRAP! This better not happen, the only way I can find to keep my prices halfway low is to switch back and forth between DirecTV and Dish every two years.

If anyone has a better approach, I'm all ears.

 

[Bruce]

CRAP! This better not happen, the only way I can find to keep my prices halfway low is to switch back and forth between DirecTV and Dish every two years.

If anyone has a better approach, I'm all ears.

YTTV.

And DirecTV is now charging $200 for new/returning subscribers for the install.

 

[meStevo]

CRAP! This better not happen, the only way I can find to keep my prices halfway low is to switch back and forth between DirecTV and Dish every two years.

If anyone has a better approach, I'm all ears.

Yeah, you've probably done that for the last time.

 

[Jimbo]

CRAP! This better not happen, the only way I can find to keep my prices halfway low is to switch back and forth between DirecTV and Dish every two years.

If anyone has a better approach, I'm all ears.

Hmmm, would I lose my Retire discount ???
Then again, its a Merger, so maybe it would stay.

 

[Jimbo]

YTTV.

And DirecTV is now charging $200 for new/returning subscribers for the install.

Wonder if they are willing to Waive it for those they value/want ???
It Is something that just started.

 

[Stuart Sweet]

Oh jeez.

I would like to hope that the people in charge on both sides aren’t that stupid.

No matter which system would survive, it would take years, and millions upon millions of dollars, to change subscribers over. Meanwhile it would only hasten the decline of pay tv.

 

[N6BY]

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No matter which system would survive, it would take years, and millions upon millions of dollars, to change subscribers over. Meanwhile it would only hasten the decline of pay tv.

No need to switch out customer equipment until one of the satellites reaches end-of-life. And while they wait, Dish will probably continue losing hundreds of thousands of customers per year. So fewer systems to switch out the longer they wait. But they may, of course, decide to do the switch earlier.

Why is this going to hasten the decline of pay tv? I was a Dish customer and I switched to YTTV. So Dish's losses are not necessarily a loss for pay tv. (Not saying they never are).

 

[HipKat]

No need to switch out customer equipment until one of the satellites reaches end-of-life. And while they wait, Dish will probably continue losing hundreds of thousands of customers per year. So fewer systems to switch out the longer they wait. But they may, of course, decide to do the switch earlier.

Why is this going to hasten the decline of pay tv? I was a Dish customer and I switched to YTTV. So Dish's losses are not necessarily a loss for pay tv. (Not saying they never are).

Why would DTV's outdated and substandard equipment be the goto in a merger to replace the potential loss of Dish subs?

 

[MikeD-C05]

CRAP! This better not happen, the only way I can find to keep my prices halfway low is to switch back and forth between DirecTV and Dish every two years.

If anyone has a better approach, I'm all ears.

Rotating Streaming apps + 4 tuner TABLO and ota antenna for locals.

 

[Bruce]

Rotating Streaming apps + TABLO and ota antenna for locals.

**** right.

 

[Radioguy41]

Why is this going to hasten the decline of pay tv? I was a Dish customer and I switched to YTTV. So Dish's losses are not necessarily a loss for pay tv. (Not saying they never are).

Some folks on this forum have convinced themselves either consciously or sub-conciously that only cable and satellite is Pay TV and everything else, including all the major streaming services, are free therefore they couldn't possibly be construed under the heading of Pay TV. Why? Because if they don't view it that way it takes away a major reason to hammer Dish and their world falls apart.

 

[N6BY]

Why would DTV's outdated and substandard equipment be the goto in a merger to replace the potential loss of Dish subs?

I have no idea which equipment will prevail. It could be DTV because they have a few million more subscribers. Or maybe it will be Dish if a DTV satellite fails first. Only time will tell.....