Contrary to K9SAT, the fact that Dish has grown exponentially from its beginnings with its limited sports offerings compared to all its competition and problems with JIP, rising from nothing to what it is today is phenomenal and proves that Dish's strategy not to go bankrupt (Dish hasn't the deep pockets of its competition) ever making a serious bid for NFLST (Dish has referred to it as No Funds Left) or opting to NOT pay the ransom for MLBEI (specifically the MLB network that is required if the MVPD wants MLBEI), and go out of business shows that an MVPD doesn't necessary need the most expensive sports services to be extremely successful. Dish continues to add subscribers and steal them from cable and DirecTV even with Dish's "3rd rate" sports offerings.
Not completely accurate. While yes dish has grown scene the beginning, so has the rest of the industry, and they have outpaced what dish has grown. There is a reason why Directv has over 70 million plus viewers and is the number one DBS provider out there behind Comcast for the number one provider slot. Both Directv, and Comcast have an extensive sports lineup and are doing just fine with programs such as MLB Extra Innings, MLB network and NHL Center Ice. Also if you look at the numbers from the previous quarters through the past year, two years you will see that there was a constant trending of sub loss, for well over 6 quarters, with a few quarters of growth in between. That sub loss lead to an increased cash flow for charlie due to his raising of rates and the decreased spending on installations. (there goes your No Funds Left idea) Instead of investing back into the business, Charlie decided to line his pockets.
Its a night and day difference when you look at the growth of programming when dish was coming online as a provider in the 90's versus the HD growth. Dish offered the packages and programming options that people wanted back then such as RSN's. Because of that they grew in the 90's like no other. Now we come back to the HD revolution. Dish isn't offering the programming people want, such as HD RSN's and their growth is slower. There is a direct correlation between the two. Its obvious that there is a demand for HD RSN's in full time as threads like this keep popping up. And new customers seeing threads like this, instantly get turned off as they dont want to see JIP for their local sports programming. All they care about is seeing the games in HD, and their local programming such as SportsNight in HD. Joe Blow who's invested thousands of dollars into a new setup doesnt want to see half assed HD, they want it done right.
According to Directv's CEO during conference calls to analysts, he states that the majority of their installs are HD (advanced receivers). Even with the lack of NATIONAL HD adds, Directv still is gaining subs over Dish Network. That's telling you something right there! Dish isn't doing something right and with the constant channel drop outs, and lack of Full time HD RSN's, Subs are sending dish a clear message that enough is enough. Charlie's stupid as he's ignoring what the customers are saying, and the hints that the market place is sending him. Doing nothing like how he has, sends a clear message that Dish doesn't care and is closed for business when it comes to new sub growth.
Honestly why not add them?
