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Re: If you can't beat them...

said by Dogfather See Profile :

...sue them.
Poor Charlie Ergen. Everything he does turns to crap except the DISH. Ergen doesn't like to pay for content. DISH customers lose. Charlie rips off TIVO--$100 million down the drain. The SCOTUS will not hear that case. He tries to buy DirecTV. No, he can't. Poor Charlie should've just stuck with what worked. TIVO isn't suing everyone but Dish so I guess Dish was ripping off their Intellectual Property. Of course, Tivo is so expensive it's worthless. Sorta like that Satellite Radio that is slowly going in the toilet--never seen a profit and probably never will. Why? The radio in your car is free. I pretty much think DirecTV will kill off Dish eventually since they are better funded. Poor Charlie files for bankruptcy. EchoStar doesn't "Echo" anymore.
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permalink · 2008-04-12 12:38:53 · Print · Reply to this

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Re: If you can't beat them...

Nice slant.

Ergen doesn't like to get ripped off on content--- DISH CUSTOMERS WIN. We get content, prices stay lower. DISH didn't rip off TIVO--- TIVO just got some broad patents granted on DVR features which happened to apply to DISH's DVR's that they developed on their own. And TIVO is no saint... ReplayTV, prior art anyone?

Now TIVO is free to go after Cable and Telco DVR type boxes. We shall see. And as for your expectations that DTV kills DISH.... DISH has been profitable. Has DTV ever turned a profit yet?

You know what happens when you assume...
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permalink · 2008-04-12 13:36:22 · Print · Reply to this
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Re: If you can't beat them...

Exactly! I for one appreciate that Dish fights content distributors to keep the prices down while shareholders still have ROI. This is how a business OUGHT to work!

I'm paying $70/mo on Dish for what I paid $150/mo for on cable+TiVO.
permalink · 2008-04-14 16:07:31 · Reply to this

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 Sorta like that Satellite Radio that is slowly going in the toilet--never seen a profit and probably never will. Why? The radio in your car is free

Satellite radio rules.. TV is free too. but everone seems to have cable or satellite tv.. if you want to listen to the same old crap keep your free car radio
permalink · 2008-04-14 13:51:49 · Reply to this
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