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02-25-2008, 01:50 AM | #1 |
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DirecTV received just under 3,500 calls in the last 6 months
from people requesting the mtn. That includes people stating that as the reason they cancel their subscription. DirecTV took over 750k calls over that same time period. The mtn commercials were not effective and the braintrust behind the whole thing was sorely lacking. This has been a cluster **** from the beginning. I have very little hope that things will get figured out quickly for Dish.
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02-25-2008, 01:51 AM | #2 |
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Because never for a moment were we convinced that the idiot in this arrangement was DTV.
It looks like, in the end, the mtn/comcast caved. |
02-25-2008, 01:55 AM | #3 | |
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Expect Comcast to get the Big 10 sometime before the football season. At least that was his comment. |
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02-25-2008, 01:59 AM | #4 |
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why the heck would Dish care about the Mtn? For the 3000 subscriptions?
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02-25-2008, 03:34 AM | #6 |
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I saw an article that said there are 400,000 dish subscribers in the MWC footprint. Granted not all want the MTN, but do they want to lose even 10% of that #?
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02-25-2008, 03:44 AM | #7 |
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Good question. I doubt they'd lose 10%. I doubt they'll lose 2%. A lot of people have contracts with a termination clause. They're not going to lose enough to force them into a bad deal. Especially if they won't get the same pricing that DirecTV got as Haddow has indicated.
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02-25-2008, 12:01 PM | #8 |
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I doubt they lose 10% of 10%. If CJF's numbers are accurate, I could see maybe 4,000 people switching. And if that is all that switches, I don't think that's enough to get into a deal that is less than favorable with the mtn. Dish's main advantage has been their price point, so there is no need to mess with that just to keep 4,000 subscribers.
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02-25-2008, 02:00 AM | #9 |
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Direct TV got the MTN because Comcast wants the Big 10 channel? Can only Direct TV negotiate that?
I ask because I have Dish and I get The Big 10.
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