The only way you will ever see a solid plan is if they allow full ala cart for channels like Canada now does. This is why many people have left pay tv now. They are too full of fees and they force you to take bundles you may not want to get a channel or two you do like.
As for the Dvr fee , it has lost value with auto skip feature being useless for many markets . Adding back value would make the Dvr fee more palatable for most. The Titan tvs app is free to anyone who wants it . DISH could negotiate a deal with TItan ,using it for their ota channels -if you have Internet connected to your receiver ,you get full guide information for ALL ota channels and Sub channels.
The way DISH starts making more money is through GROWTH. Charging more fees and higher programming prices on the ever dwindling amount of subs they have left ,just causes more Churn. I suggested many things that they could do to help attract new subs and retain existing ones. What do you suggest they do to start Growing DISH's sub count once again ? Because adding more fees is a non sequitur in my opinion.
Who is "they?" I'm assuming you mean the networks because Dish doesn't have a choice. A La Carte has been beat to death on here over the years and I don't think anyone has been able to prove it will work or not. Networks would have to consolidate a lot of their channels since most would not be profitable enough. You'd have to talk the networks into offering their channels a la carte to providers and they'd have to be reasonably priced.
AutoHop is a neat feature but I thought it was always more of a gimmick. I rarely ever use it and not having it does not diminish my viewing experience at all. I'm not sure how a DVR receiver that added 16 tuners, a 2TB hard drive, PTAT, apps like Netflix and YouTube, integration with Alexa and even more features is losing it's value. Seriously, compare this to the first DVR or even the 625 and the almighty 722k receiver.
I hear people complain about $15 fee for the Hopper 3 and I can't help but think about how spoiled we've all become. I recently sold my house and bought my parents house. We moved in with them while we tried to sell ours and they waited to move into their new house. I've had the Hopper system since the first day it came out and the newest version every time. My parents still had a 722k and 211 for their setup which was perfect for just the two of them. I forgot how limited that system was compared to the Hopper. As soon as I could I installed my Hopper system and it solved every issue and my parents really like it. THAT alone is worth it. THAT is a HUGE benefit. I'm not even talking about all the great features either but just the ability for everyone in the family to watch and record what they want. How is that not a significant improvement and benefit? Shouldn't that be a product that deserves a higher price? Please don't tell me their DVR has lost value because it's a ridiculous statement.
Growth can lead to more profit but it also leads to more expense. It has to be balanced. They can't just lower prices and hope they get more customers if they aren't covering their expenses and we all know it costs more to sign up new customers. Keeping long term customers is the real money maker and I think it's been pretty obvious that their main focus over the last few years has been on making their current customers sticky. If they lower prices then they have to sign up a lot of customers to make up that difference and that's not even factoring in the money they lose when new customers sign up. They need to rely on a lot of customers signing up and staying for multiple years. How much longer does that customer need to stay with Dish to make up for the drop in fees they charged? It certainly can be done and I'm can't imagine they don't think about this when they have their director meetings.
