Cox Loses Lawsuit Saying Cable Box Fees Violate Antitrust Law → What about Satellite?

This makes little sense when looking at the TV landscape. Dish and DirecTV make it nearly impossible to own equipment. Even if you do own it, the time it takes to break even doesn't math out. CenturyLink charges a ridiculous amount per TV for Prism and there are no options for ownership.

DirecTV doesn't seem to charge excessively for equipment. The lease fees are relatively reasonable. With DirecTV I can have multiple DVRs and just pay a small mirroring fee. I remember getting a second DVR from Comcast cost an arm and a leg, you had to buy a whole second DVR service in addition to high equipment fees, over $20, plus a "Digital additional outlet" fee.

That "small" mirroring fee is $6.50 per receiver, that's only .50 cents less than what Charter charges for it's receivers. Now, tack on an additional account $15 "advanced services" fee from Directv, which is $5 more than Charter's DVR fee and it is worse over there(MUCH better functionality tho). You USED to get the first receiver free on Directv, but they dropped that a couple years ago(for new people signing up).

When I first started with Directv in 1999, one of their selling points was to get away from the cable nickel and diming. Well, Directv has become the king of nickel and diming these days.

Now with AT&T owning them, I'd look for more additional fees

When I had Direct TV, the Advanced Receiver Fee was $25.

It still is. Then add the HD fee as well and the fee if you don't auto pay