I have to agree with you about most not being satisfied with HD offerings. However, not everyone is happy about price either. Therefore, I do not think that subs will be happy if there are any more increases in cost; however, most want more HD.
Prices have been going up, regularly, with the satellite and cable companies, at least once a year. I don't monitor too many of them, but routine has been to raise the subscription rates in the first quarter. It's an industry wide thing to do. A subscriber has to figure whether any additions justifies the extra costs.
The people bothered by DirecTV not bringing in more non-premiums that are ranked in package along the likes of USA Network and CNN and MTV -- examples are E! and AMC and Turner Classic Movies -- are correct.
DirecTV might raise the prices even without bringing in any non-premiums.
Now, what should happen is this: If prices go up by the end of 2012's 1st quarter, it should happen not with those non-premiums but the premium movie channels. I don't imagine taking on the suite of HBOs and Cinemaxes and Showtimes and Starzes screens are going to enable DirecTV to hold their current prices. While that is a question, perhaps, I don't believe there should be an increase with the non-premiums because DirecTV hasn't added anything so far during 2011. DirecTV will bring in the HD version of truTV, but there will likely be no others because of space limitations and an apparent disinterest in catching up, despite embarrasingly trailing Dish Network and however many other cable companies that do have the following (or majority) in HD: E!, AMC, Turner Classic Movies, Headline News, GSN, BBC America, gmc, HSN, QVC, Nat Geo Wild, Investigation Discovery, Style Network, Oprah Winfrey Network, The Hub, History International, Outdoor Channel, Logo, Sportsman Channel, Centric, We TV, IFC, Fuse, RFD, C-Span, C-Span2, Cooking Channel, DIY Network.
