DISH Network/DirecTV Merger?
 

If this deal would be approved by the regulators now, why didn't they
approve the Dish takeover of DirecTV a couple years ago? Has the landscape
really changed that much???

"Bill R" wrote in message
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EchoStar buyout weighed -- DirecTV merger seen
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_4063441

How do you DISH Network and DirecTV subscribers feel about this?
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Mike T. wrote:

Oh, and the cable companies don't like to advertise that not all channels
are digital in the digital packages.

That is a bad thing?

No, until you consider that "digital" is twice the cost, and not really
"digital". So what are you paying for, exactly? -Dave

Don't know what this "twice the cost" is all about. It's only $10
extra on my system. Even that is too much, as current cable/DBS
digital video is too compressed for my viewing. That's why I was
asking if keeping 60 or so analog channels was necessarily a bad
thing.

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In article , ****dick
wrote:

If this deal would be approved by the regulators now, why didn't they
approve the Dish takeover of DirecTV a couple years ago? Has the landscape
really changed that much???

Murdoch didn't want that deal to go through. Things are different now.
You run a faux-news propaganda service for the incumbent government for
a few years, and they owe you. The excuse for approving the takeover
will be that "the industry landscape has changed."

DISH Network/DirecTV Merger?
 

In news:alt.dbs.echostar, "Thomas T. Veldhouse" posted
on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:47:38 -0500:

At this point in time, I think it will be a good thing IF and only IF they
reallocate bandwidth and force everybody over to new hardware. Failing to do
this will mean they are remaining redundant and thus, they are simply reducing
competition.

I'm sure if the buyout goes through, the NAB will step in and say, "This is
ridiculous! The American people have been inconvenienced enough with all
the hardware changes in the past. EchoTV should be forbidden from
requiring any new hardware or any reaiming of home satellite antennas. We
have got to draw the line somewhere!"

And they'll come up with other ways to eat up all the satellite space, like
some requirement that forces the new larger company to carry all the cable
company's public access channels in the country. So the most significant
result of a buyout would be that we'd have just enough additional bandwidth
to add HBO Zone.
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In news:alt.dbs.echostar, "Thomas T. Veldhouse" posted
on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:47:38 -0500:

At this point in time, I think it will be a good thing IF and only IF they
reallocate bandwidth and force everybody over to new hardware. Failing to do
this will mean they are remaining redundant and thus, they are simply reducing
competition.

I'm sure if the buyout goes through, the NAB will step in and say, "This is
ridiculous! The American people have been inconvenienced enough with all
the hardware changes in the past. EchoTV should be forbidden from
requiring any new hardware or any reaiming of home satellite antennas. We
have got to draw the line somewhere!"

And they'll come up with other ways to eat up all the satellite space, like
some requirement that forces the new larger company to carry all the cable
company's public access channels in the country. So the most significant
result of a buyout would be that we'd have just enough additional bandwidth
to add HBO Zone.

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/ / / __ \| | / // __ \ / // / / // __ \ / __// __ `// ___// / / /
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In news:alt.dbs.echostar, "Thomas T. Veldhouse" posted
on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:47:38 -0500:

At this point in time, I think it will be a good thing IF and only IF they
reallocate bandwidth and force everybody over to new hardware. Failing to do
this will mean they are remaining redundant and thus, they are simply reducing
competition.

I'm sure if the buyout goes through, the NAB will step in and say, "This is
ridiculous! The American people have been inconvenienced enough with all
the hardware changes in the past. EchoTV should be forbidden from
requiring any new hardware or any reaiming of home satellite antennas. We
have got to draw the line somewhere!"

And they'll come up with other ways to eat up all the satellite space, like
some requirement that forces the new larger company to carry all the cable
company's public access channels in the country. So the most significant
result of a buyout would be that we'd have just enough additional bandwidth
to add HBO Zone.

--
____ __ __
/ _/____ _ __ ____ / /__ __ ____ / /_ ____ _ _____ __ __
/ / / __ \| | / // __ \ / // / / // __ \ / __// __ `// ___// / / /
_/ / / / / /| |/ // /_/ // // /_/ // / / // /_ / /_/ // / / /_/ /
/___//_/ /_/ |___/ \____//_/ \__,_//_/ /_/ \__/ \__,_//_/ \__, /
/____/
(I only check that e-mail once every ~2 weeks)

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On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:48:32 -0400, Bill R
wrote:

EchoStar buyout weighed -- DirecTV merger seen
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_4063441

How do you DISH Network and DirecTV subscribers feel about this?


If the FTC and FCC would not allow Echostar to buy DirecTV a year ago,
then why would they let the opposite occur? The only reason I can see
is that DirecTV, owned by Hughes, has powerful lobbyists in DC and
that might give them the ability to succeed where Echostar was
thwarted.

Personally, I'm against it. Echostar/Dish would be degraded by the
merger, and pricing would inevitably go up, to meet DirecTV's current
higher rates .. for everyone.

DISH Network/DirecTV Merger?
 

****dick wrote:

If this deal would be approved by the regulators now, why didn't they
approve the Dish takeover of DirecTV a couple years ago? Has the landscape
really changed that much???

"Bill R" wrote in message
...

EchoStar buyout weighed -- DirecTV merger seen
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_4063441

How do you DISH Network and DirecTV subscribers feel about this?
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Dick,

The only thing that has changed is the proposed Owner. Rupert Murdoch
is the Corporate DARLING of the Republican party, and we all know the
republican party controls not only Congress, and the Executive branch,
but also the FTC, and the FCC.

John

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"Dr. Personality" wrote in message
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In article , ****dick
wrote:

If this deal would be approved by the regulators now, why didn't they
approve the Dish takeover of DirecTV a couple years ago? Has the
landscape
really changed that much???

Murdoch didn't want that deal to go through. Things are different now.
You run a faux-news propaganda service for the incumbent government for
a few years, and they owe you. The excuse for approving the takeover
will be that "the industry landscape has changed."

OK, if eventually the government disapproves this, will you come back here
and eat crow?

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In alt.dbs.echostar Mark Lloyd wrote:

Although not with any improved quality for everything, since much of
the material will have been in analog (really something like NTSC)
form at one time.


That is no different for DBS providers. To be clear, most programmers deliver
their signal to the providers in digital form via satellite.

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