aztecnology
The Autumn wind is a Raider
join:2003-02-12
Murrieta, CA
| reply to TK Junk Mail
Re: Don't know how long Dish can survive on its own...
said by TK Junk Mail  :said by aztecnology :It's a heck of lot cheaper to partner with Echostar for all the "rural" customers who will never see lightspeed, and those who won't be able to get it for a couple of years... I agree with the "PARTNER" part. But the deal that was proposed was a purchace of Echostar for $13 billion. That would be overpaying and getting a return for AT&T would be difficult. That's the point, they will continue to "partner" and not purchase as the rumor suggests.
4-5 years ago an Echostar purchase would have made sense. Now, Dish and DirecTV will probably merge in order to compete against the few large cable and telco's...
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JSRoman
Premium
join:2005-03-10
Callahan, FL
| 4-5 years ago an Echostar purchase would have made sense. Now, Dish and DirecTV will probably merge in order to compete against the few large cable and telco's...
Not going to happen since DTV is owned by News Corp and it would diminish competition from 2 Sat providers to one.DTv has 14+ million sub amd Dish has 11+ million subs, looks like they are competing against cable just fine. |
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aztecnology
The Autumn wind is a Raider
join:2003-02-12
Murrieta, CA
| said by JSRoman :Not going to happen since DTV is owned by News Corp and it would diminish competition from 2 Sat providers to one.DTv has 14+ million sub amd Dish has 11+ million subs, looks like they are competing against cable just fine. ... and Apple will never use Intel processors.
"Still, some speculate that DirectTV will attempt to buy EchoStar, creating a combined subscriber base of 27 million. While regulators would not likely support the deal, they could warm up to a merger if the pay-TV market meets competition from phone companies with plans to sell pay-TV, or if Internet video booms".
»www.investors.com/offers/openAcc···20060112
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wombough
join:2001-08-30
Beaufort, SC | Re: Don't know how long Dish can survive on its ow
They already tried to merge and it was rejected by the feds. |
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